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Anne Boleyn

circa 1500-1536
Second Queen of Henry VIII
Sitter associated with 26 portraits

Anne of Cleves

1515-1557
Fourth Queen of Henry VIII
Sitter associated with 13 portraits

Nancy Witcher Astor (née Langhorne), Viscountess Astor

1879-1964
Conservative politician; MP for Plymouth Sutton; former wife of R.G. Shaw, and later wife of 2nd Viscount Astor; daughter of Chiswell Dabney Langhorne
Sitter in 37 portraits

John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury

1834-1913
Banker, scientist, writer and politician; MP for Maidstone and London University
Sitter in 24 portraits

Sir Charles Barry

1795-1860
Architect
Sitter in 8 portraits

Sir Peter Thomas Blake

1932-
Painter
Sitter in 15 portraits | Artist of 1 portrait

Sir Malcolm Campbell

1885-1948
Racing motorist; holder of land and water speed records
Sitter in 8 portraits

William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham

1708-1778
Prime Minister
Sitter associated with 33 portraits | Artist associated with 1 portrait

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill

1874-1965
Prime Minister
Sitter in 213 portraits

Sir Noël Coward

1899-1973
Actor, playwright and composer
Sitter associated with 117 portraits

Thomas Cranmer

1489-1556
Archbishop of Canterbury
Sitter in 46 portraits

Charles Robert Darwin

1809-1882
Naturalist, geologist and originator of the theory of evolution
Sitter in 34 portraits

King Edward VI

1537-1553
Reigned 1547-53
Sitter associated with 48 portraits

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

1900-2002
Queen of George VI
Sitter associated with 537 portraits

Tracey Emin

1963-
Artist
Sitter in 12 portraits | Artist of 2 portraits

Catherine Maria ('Kitty') Fisher

circa 1741-1767
Courtesan
Sitter associated with 11 portraits

Thomas Gainsborough

1727-1788
Portrait and landscape painter
Sitter in 8 portraits | Artist associated with 262 portraits

William Harvey

1578-1657
Physician, discovered the circulation of the blood
Sitter in 19 portraits

Sir Edward Heath

1916-2005
Prime Minister
Sitter in 52 portraits

King Henry II

1133-1189
Reigned 1154-89
Sitter associated with 22 portraits