Naturalists

Sir David Attenborough

1926-
Naturalist and broadcaster
Sitter in 8 portraits

Henry Baker

1698-1774
Naturalist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Robert Ball

1802-1857
Naturalist
Sitter in 2 portraits

Daines Barrington

1727-1800
Lawyer, antiquary and naturalist
Sitter in 4 portraits

William John Burchell

1781-1863
Explorer and naturalist
Sitter in 3 portraits

William Benjamin Carpenter

1813-1885
Naturalist and university administrator
Sitter in 12 portraits

Peter Collinson

1694-1768
Naturalist and antiquary
Sitter associated with 1 portrait

Hugh Cuming

1791-1865
Naturalist
Sitter in 3 portraits

Mary Anne (née Boode), Lady Cust

1799-1882
Naturalist, scientific illustrator and author; daughter of Lewis William Boode
Sitter in 1 portrait

Charles Darwin

1809-1882
Naturalist, geologist and originator of the theory of evolution
Sitter in 35 portraits

Lewis Weston Dillwyn

1778-1855
Naturalist
Sitter in 3 portraits

Thomas Edward

1814-1886
Naturalist
Sitter in 4 portraits

George Edwards

1694-1773
Naturalist
Sitter in 5 portraits

Richard Sidney Richmond Fitter

1913-2005
Naturalist and author
Sitter in 1 portrait

Edward Forbes

1815-1854
Naturalist
Sitter in 5 portraits

Johann Reinhold Forster

1729-1798
Naturalist
Sitter associated with 1 portrait

John Edward Gray

1800-1875
Naturalist, zoologist and museum curator
Sitter in 8 portraits

Edward William Vernon Harcourt

1825-1891
Naturalist, editor, travel writer and Conservative politician; MP for Oxfordshire and Henley
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir John Hill

1714-1775
Writer and naturalist
Sitter in 8 portraits

John Hogg

1800-1869
Scholar and naturalist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Friedrich Heinrich Alexander, Baron Humboldt

1769-1859
German naturalist
Sitter in 2 portraits

Sir William Jardine

1800-1874
Naturalist
Sitter in 2 portraits

Richard Jefferies

1848-1887
Novelist and naturalist
Sitter in 3 portraits

William Kirby

1759-1850
Entomologist and naturalist; Rector of Barham
Sitter in 6 portraits

Sir John Kirk

1832-1922
Naturalist and administrator
Sitter in 1 portrait

Maxwell Knight

1900-1968
Naturalist, writer, broadcaster and head of MI5
Sitter in 11 portraits

Ronald Mathias Lockley

1903-2000
Author; Naturalist
Sitter in 2 portraits

George Edward Lodge

1860-1954
Artist and naturalist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Robert McCormick

1809-1890
Naval surgeon and naturalist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Helen Macdonald

1970-
Writer and naturalist
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Guille Millais

1865-1931
Hunter, naturalist and gardener; son of Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt
Sitter in 2 portraits

Sir John Murray

1841-1914
Marine naturalist and oceanographer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sheffield Airey Neave

1879-1961
Naturalist, entomologist, Secretary of the Zoological Society of London
Sitter in 7 portraits

Sir Richard Owen

1804-1892
Naturalist, comparative anatomist and palaeontologist
Sitter in 35 portraits

Chris Packham

1961-
Naturalist, author and broadcaster
Sitter in 2 portraits

Thomas Pennant

1726-1798
Naturalist and topographer
Sitter in 4 portraits

John Ray

1627-1705
Naturalist
Sitter in 13 portraits

Sir John Richardson

1787-1865
Arctic explorer and naturalist
Sitter in 4 portraits

Patrick Russell

1727-1805
Physician and naturalist
Sitter in 2 portraits

Peter Scott

1909-1989
Wildlife artist, naturalist and sailor; Olympian
Sitter in 31 portraits | Artist of 1 portrait