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Prime Minister and novelist; Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery
Sitter associated with 110 portraits 
Grocer and philanthropist; creator of Tesco stores
Sitter in 2 portraits 
Founder of Gordonstoun School and co-founder of Outward Bound Sea School
Sitter in 4 portraits 
Conservative politician; MP for Plymouth Devonport, Cabinet Minister and Secretary of State for War
Sitter in 28 portraits 
Conservative politician and barrister
Sitter in 28 portraits 
Industrialist, financier and Liberal politician; MP for Chester, Swansea and Carmarthen
Sitter in 10 portraits 
Jewish sitters
239 People in sitter grouping:
A selection of Jewish sitters represented in the collection. See also the Jewish artists group.
1917-2008
Lawyer, writer and Labour politician; MP for Pontypool and Torfaen
Sitter in 11 portraits
Lawyer, writer and Labour politician; MP for Pontypool and Torfaen
Sitter in 11 portraits
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
1804-1881Prime Minister and novelist; Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery
Sitter associated with 110 portraits
Sir John Edward ('Jack') Cohen
1898-1979Grocer and philanthropist; creator of Tesco stores
Sitter in 2 portraits
1906-1998
Theatrical agent, television executive and film producer
Sitter in 6 portraits
Theatrical agent, television executive and film producer
Sitter in 6 portraits
Kurt Hahn (Matthias Robert Martin)
1886-1974Founder of Gordonstoun School and co-founder of Outward Bound Sea School
Sitter in 4 portraits
Leslie Hore-Belisha, Baron Hore-Belisha
1893-1957Conservative politician; MP for Plymouth Devonport, Cabinet Minister and Secretary of State for War
Sitter in 28 portraits
Keith Sinjohn Joseph, Baron Joseph
1918-1994Conservative politician and barrister
Sitter in 28 portraits
1820-1887
Singer, known as 'the Swedish nightingale'; wife of Otto Moritz David Goldschmidt
Sitter in 20 portraits
Singer, known as 'the Swedish nightingale'; wife of Otto Moritz David Goldschmidt
Sitter in 20 portraits
1941-1998
Photographer, artist, musician, businesswoman, cookery writer and animal rights activist; late wife of Sir Paul McCartney
Sitter in 10 portraits | Artist of 14 portraits
Photographer, artist, musician, businesswoman, cookery writer and animal rights activist; late wife of Sir Paul McCartney
Sitter in 10 portraits | Artist of 14 portraits
Alfred Moritz Mond, 1st Baron Melchett
1868-1930Industrialist, financier and Liberal politician; MP for Chester, Swansea and Carmarthen
Sitter in 10 portraits
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