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Ira Frederick Aldridge

1807-1867
Actor
Sitter in 4 portraits

Alexandra, Empress of Russia (née Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine)

1872-1918
Consort of Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia; daughter of Princess Alice and granddaughter of Queen Victoria
Sitter in 18 portraits

Sir Isaiah Berlin

1909-1997
Philosopher and political theorist
Sitter in 11 portraits

Joseph Conrad

1857-1924
Novelist
Sitter in 23 portraits

Amy Johnson (later Mollison)

1903-1941
Airwoman
Sitter in 28 portraits

Ida Kar

1908-1974
Photographer
Sitter in 136 portraits | Artist associated with 1543 portraits

Donald Maclean

1913-1983
Soviet spy
Sitter in 2 portraits

Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia

1868-1918
Reigned 1894-1917
Sitter in 23 portraits

Vaslav Nijinsky

1889-1950
Ballet dancer
Sitter in 4 portraits

Anna Pavlova

1881-1931
Ballet dancer
Sitter in 31 portraits

Peter I ('The Great')

1672-1725
Czar of Russia
Sitter in 3 portraits

Arthur Michell Ransome

1884-1967
Journalist and author
Sitter in 15 portraits

Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton

1874-1922
Antarctic explorer
Sitter in 17 portraits

Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich

1906-1975
Composer
Sitter in 4 portraits

Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky

1882-1971
Composer
Sitter in 4 portraits

Alan John Percivale Taylor

1906-1990
Historian and journalist
Sitter in 11 portraits

Count Leo Tolstoy

1828-1910
Russian novelist
Sitter associated with 5 portraits