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Prime Minister and novelist; Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery
Sitter associated with 110 portraits 
Actress; wife of Sir Henry Maximilian ('Max') Beerbohm
Sitter associated with 1 portrait 
Amateur golfer and Director of The Ritz, Paris; wife of Sir Isaiah Berlin
Sitter in 1 portrait 
Public servant and businessman
Sitter in 21 portraits 
Grocer and philanthropist; creator of Tesco stores
Sitter in 2 portraits 
Politician; Under-Secretary of State for War
Sitter in 18 portraits 
Jewish sitters
257 People in sitter grouping:
A selection of Jewish sitters represented in the collection. See also the Jewish artists group.
1885-1957
Colonial judicial administrator and long jumper; Olympian
Sitter in 12 portraits
Colonial judicial administrator and long jumper; Olympian
Sitter in 12 portraits
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
1873-1955
Politician; Secretary of State for India and writer
Sitter in 29 portraits
Politician; Secretary of State for India and writer
Sitter in 29 portraits
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
1804-1881Prime Minister and novelist; Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery
Sitter associated with 110 portraits
Florence (née Kahn), Lady Beerbohm
1878-1951Actress; wife of Sir Henry Maximilian ('Max') Beerbohm
Sitter associated with 1 portrait
1604-1657
Portuguese-Jewish rabbi, kabbalist, scholar, writer, diplomat, printer and publisher
Sitter in 1 portrait
Portuguese-Jewish rabbi, kabbalist, scholar, writer, diplomat, printer and publisher
Sitter in 1 portrait
1883-1971
Barrister, Jewish author and Professor of International Relations, Jerusalem
Sitter in 8 portraits
Barrister, Jewish author and Professor of International Relations, Jerusalem
Sitter in 8 portraits
Aline Elisabeth Yvonne (née De Gunzbourg), Lady Berlin
1915-2014Amateur golfer and Director of The Ritz, Paris; wife of Sir Isaiah Berlin
Sitter in 1 portrait
1783-1854
Art collector and politician; MP for Lincoln, Rochester and Weymouth & Melcombe Regis
Sitter in 2 portraits
Art collector and politician; MP for Lincoln, Rochester and Weymouth & Melcombe Regis
Sitter in 2 portraits
1930-2016
Rabbi, Convener of the Beth Din of Reform Synagogues of Great Britain and lecturer
Sitter in 1 portrait
Rabbi, Convener of the Beth Din of Reform Synagogues of Great Britain and lecturer
Sitter in 1 portrait
circa 1918-2010
Artist and philanthropist; wife of Jacob Bronowski
Sitter in 1 portrait
Artist and philanthropist; wife of Jacob Bronowski
Sitter in 1 portrait
Sir Bernard Nathaniel Waley-Cohen, 1st Bt
1914-1991Public servant and businessman
Sitter in 21 portraits
1886-1965
Major, treasurer for the British Legion and Conservative politician; MP for Liverpool Fairfield
Sitter in 5 portraits
Major, treasurer for the British Legion and Conservative politician; MP for Liverpool Fairfield
Sitter in 5 portraits
Sir John Edward ('Jack') Cohen
1898-1979Grocer and philanthropist; creator of Tesco stores
Sitter in 2 portraits
1846-1913
Philanthropist and pioneer of the Labour Exchange movement
Sitter in 1 portrait
Philanthropist and pioneer of the Labour Exchange movement
Sitter in 1 portrait
1877-1952
Oil industrialist; Managing Director of Shell Transport
Sitter in 10 portraits
Oil industrialist; Managing Director of Shell Transport
Sitter in 10 portraits
Henry Page Croft, 1st Baron Croft
1881-1947Politician; Under-Secretary of State for War
Sitter in 18 portraits
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