Novelists and authors

Edmond François Valentin About

1828-1885
Novelist, publicist and journalist
Sitter in 3 portraits

Gerald Abrahams

1907-1980
Barrister, lecturer and author
Sitter in 6 portraits

Dannie Abse

1923-2014
Poet; doctor; author and playwright
Sitter in 3 portraits

J.R. Ackerley

1896-1967
Writer and editor
Sitter in 7 portraits

Peter Ackroyd

1949-
Novelist, biographer and critic
Sitter in 1 portrait

Harold Acton

1904-1994
Author
Sitter in 5 portraits

Richard Adams

1920-2016
Novelist
Sitter in 2 portraits

William Adams

1814-1848
Church of England clergyman and author
Sitter in 1 portrait

Herbert Sebastian Agar

1897-1980
Author and publisher
Sitter in 15 portraits

Robert Fordyce Aickman

1914-1981
Short-story writer, editor, author, novelist
Sitter in 4 portraits

(Charles) Hamilton Aidé

1826-1906
Novelist and poet
Sitter in 2 portraits

John Aikin

1747-1822
Physician and author
Sitter in 3 portraits

William Harrison Ainsworth

1805-1882
Novelist
Sitter in 10 portraits

(Edward Godfree) Richard Aldington

1892-1962
Poet, critic and novelist
Sitter in 9 portraits

Brian Aldiss

1925-2017
Writer and critic
Sitter in 4 portraits

James Edward Alexander

1803-1885
Soldier and author
Sitter in 1 portrait

Mrs Alexander (Annie Hector (née French))

1825-1902
Novelist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Monica Ali

1967-
Novelist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Adrian Richard Alington

1895-1958
Author
Sitter in 3 portraits

Archibald Alison

1757-1839
Prebendary of Salisbury Cathedral; author of 'Essays on Taste'
Sitter in 3 portraits

Theodore Edward le Bouthillier ('Ted') Allbeury

1917-2005
Spy novelist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Agnes Allen

died 1959
Author and illustrator
Sitter in 3 portraits

Sir Carleton Kemp Allen

1887-1966
Legal scholar; author of 'Democracy and the Individual'
Sitter in 4 portraits

(Charles) Grant Blairfindie Allen

1848-1899
Writer on science and novelist
Sitter in 4 portraits

Walter Ernest Allen

1911-1995
Author, journalist and broadcaster
Sitter in 1 portrait

Lizzie Allen Harker (née Watson)

1863-1933
Novelist and playwright; wife of James Allen Harker
Sitter in 3 portraits

Margery Allingham

1904-1966
Crime writer and novelist
Sitter in 48 portraits

Edith Martha ('E.M.') Almedingen (Marta Aleksandrovna Almedingen)

1898-1971
Novelist, biographer and children's author
Sitter in 7 portraits

Al Alvarez

1929-2019
Poet, critic and broadcaster
Sitter in 1 portrait

Eric Clifford Ambler

1909-1998
Novelist
Sitter in 5 portraits

Jeffery John Archer Amherst, 5th Earl Amherst

1896-1993
Pilot, businessman, journalist and author
Sitter in 1 portrait

Kingsley Amis

1922-1995
Novelist
Sitter in 32 portraits

Martin Amis

1949-2023
Novelist; son of Sir Kingsley Amis
Sitter in 22 portraits

Sir Robert Anderson

1841-1918
Spymaster, detective chief and author
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Norman Angell

1872-1967
Peace campaigner and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize; journalist; author; lecturer; Labour politician; MP for Bradford North
Sitter in 20 portraits

Peter Anson

1889-1975
Writer on religion and on the sea; monk; artist
Sitter in 9 portraits

Evelyn Anthony (Evelyn Bridget Patricia Ward-Thomas (née Stephens))

1926-2018
Writer
Sitter in 2 portraits

Ernest Robert Appleton

1891-1964
Broadcaster and religious author
Sitter in 1 portrait

Arthur Applin

1873-1949
Actor, playwright and novelist
Sitter in 5 portraits

Jeffrey Howard Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-Super-Mare

1940-
Politician, author and playwright
Sitter in 2 portraits

Anne Cornwallis, Countess of Argyll

died 1635
Roman Catholic benefactor and supposed author; wife of 7th Earl of Argyll
Sitter in 2 portraits

Reginald Arkell

1872-1959
Author and dramatist
Sitter in 4 portraits

Michael Arlen

1895-1956
Novelist
Sitter in 16 portraits

Simon Armitage

1963-
Poet Laureate, playwright, librettist and author
Sitter in 1 portrait

Fenella Fitzhardinge Armytage (née Berkeley)

1835-1903
Author; wife of Henry Armytage
Sitter in 1 portrait

Rudolf Arnheim

1904-2007
Author, art and film theorist and psychologist
Sitter in 2 portraits

Ralph Crispian Marshall Arnold

1906-1970
Author and publisher
Sitter in 1 portrait

Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster

1855-1909
Politician, Secretary of State for War and MP for Belfast West and Croydon and author
Sitter in 5 portraits

Jake Arnott

1961-
Author
Sitter in 1 portrait

Arthur Paul Gore, 7th Earl of Arran

1903-1958
Author and translator
Sitter in 8 portraits

Pat Arrowsmith

1930-2023
Peace campaigner, anti-nuclear activist, author and social worker
Sitter in 1 portrait

Khadambi Asalache

1935-2006
Poet, novelist, philosopher of mathematics and civil servant
Sitter in 1 portrait

Roger Ascham

1515-1568
Author and tutor to Elizabeth I (when Princess Elizabeth)
Sitter in 4 portraits

Hannah, Princess Asfa Yilma (Mrs Algernon Holland)

died 1945
Princess of Ethiopia, linguist and author
Sitter in 4 portraits

Joseph Ashby-Sterry

circa 1835-1917
Painter, novelist and poet
Sitter in 1 portrait

Daisy Ashford

1881-1972
Child author
Sitter in 1 portrait

Lady Lettice Mildred Mary Ashley-Cooper

1911-1990
Flight Officer W.A.A.F. and author; daughter of 9th Earl of Shaftesbury
Sitter in 1 portrait

Lady Cynthia Mary Evelyn Asquith (née Charteris)

1887-1960
Author and Private Secretary to JM Barrie; wife of Herbert Asquith; daughter of 11th Earl of Wemyss and March
Sitter in 8 portraits

Cyril Edward Asquith

1902-1967
Author
Sitter in 4 portraits

Diana Athill

1917-2019
Writer and editor
Sitter in 2 portraits