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Abdülaziz

1830-1876
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Sitter associated with 7 portraits

Abdul Hamid II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire

1842-1918
Reigned 1876-1909
Sitter in 5 portraits

Abdülmecid I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire

1823-1861
Reigned 1839-61
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Robert Adair

1763-1855
Diplomat
Sitter associated with 7 portraits

William Aikman

1682-1731
Portrait painter
Artist associated with 29 portraits

Aram Alban

1883-1961
Photographer
Artist of 1 portrait

Sir John William Alcock

1892-1919
Aviator and RAF Captain; pilot of the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Alder

active early 18th century
Turkish Prisoner in the Fleet 127
Sitter in 1 portrait

James Edward Alexander

1803-1885
Soldier and author
Sitter in 1 portrait

Odo William Leopold Russell, 1st Baron Ampthill

1829-1884
Diplomat
Sitter in 6 portraits

Tevfic Rustu Aras

1883-1972
Turkish ambassador to London
Sitter in 10 portraits

Grégoire Aslan

1908-1982
Actor
Sitter in 1 portrait

Philippe Marie Joseph Raymond Auboyneau

1899-1961
French naval commander and admiral
Sitter in 12 portraits

John Gardiner Austin

1871-1956
Brigadier-General
Sitter in 2 portraits

Cleopatra Avierino (née Ralli)

1843-1891
Wife of Alexander Nicolas Avierino; daughter of Antonio Michael Ralli
Sitter in 1 portrait

Michael James Babington-Smith

1901-1984
Chairman of London Committee of Ottoman Bank
Sitter in 1 portrait

Baker Pasha (Valentine Baker)

1827-1887
Army officer
Sitter in 3 portraits

Charles James Prior Ball

1893-1973
Major
Sitter associated with 1 portrait

Taner Baybars

1936-2010
Poet
Sitter in 1 portrait

George Steward Beatson

1814-1874
Surgeon-General
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sadik Beg

active 1824-died 1842
Merchant; translator
Sitter associated with 1 portrait

Gertrude Bell

1868-1926
Traveller, spy and archaeologist
Sitter in 2 portraits

Princess Dürrühsehvar, Princess of Berar

1914-2006
Wife of Prince of Berar; daughter of Caliph Abdulmecid Khan II of Turkey
Sitter in 3 portraits

John Henry Mary Biermans

1871-1941
Titular Bishop of Gargara; Vicar Apostolic of the Upper Nile
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir (Reginald) James Bowker

1901-1983
Diplomat
Sitter in 3 portraits

William Burges

1827-1881
Architect and designer
Sitter in 3 portraits

Sir John Fox Burgoyne, 1st Bt

1782-1871
Military engineer
Sitter in 9 portraits

Sir Bernard Alexander Brocas Burrows

1910-2002
Diplomat
Sitter in 1 portrait

Mary Stuart (née Wortley Montagu), Countess of Bute

1718-1794
Wife of 3rd Earl of Bute
Sitter in 3 portraits

Sir Alexander George Montagu Cadogan

1884-1968
Diplomat
Sitter in 6 portraits

Estella Campavias

1918-1990
Ceramicist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir John Campbell, Bt

1807-1855
Soldier
Sitter in 1 portrait

James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan

1797-1868
General
Sitter in 11 portraits

Arthur Nicolson, 1st Baron Carnock

1849-1928
Diplomat
Sitter in 1 portrait

Princess Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

1768-1821
Queen of George IV
Sitter in 101 portraits

Hussein Chalayan

1970-
Fashion designer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Noel Hughes Havelock Charles

1891-1975
Diplomat; Ambassador to Turkey and Ambassador to Brazil
Sitter in 2 portraits

Elizabeth Millicent ('Sally') Chilver

1914-2014
Political scientist and anthropologist
Sitter in 3 portraits

Sir (Mary) Valentine Ignatius Chirol

1852-1929
Traveller, journalist and writer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir George Russell Clerk

1874-1951
Clerk in Foreign Office; First Minister Czechoslovakia Republic; British Ambassador in Turkey
Sitter in 5 portraits

Constantine I ('The Great')

272 or 273-337
Roman Emperor
Sitter in 1 portrait

Elizabeth Craven (née Berkeley), Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Bayreuth

1750-1828
Dramatist; author; traveller
Sitter in 5 portraits

William Joseph Crisham

1906-1987
Air Vice-Marshal
Sitter in 1 portrait

Philip Henry Wodehouse Currie

1834-1906
Diplomat
Sitter in 1 portrait

Rigep Dandulo

baptised circa 1658
Turkish convert
Sitter in 1 portrait

George Porter, 6th Baron de Hochepied

1760-1828
General
Sitter in 1 portrait

Mary (née Nisbet), Countess of Elgin

1778-1855
Former wife of 7th Earl of Elgin, and later wife of Robert Ferguson of Raith
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Charles Norton Edgcumbe Eliot

1862-1931
Diplomat, orientalist and university administrator
Sitter in 7 portraits

Grace Ellison

died 1935
Journalist and suffragette
Sitter in 1 portrait

Richard Stanley Merrill Emrich

1910-1997
Bishop of Michigan
Sitter in 1 portrait

Rüstü Erdelhun

1894-1983
Head of the Turkish military's General Staff
Sitter in 5 portraits

Emel Esin (née Ferit Tek)

1914-1987
Art historian and scholar of Turkish-Islamic culture
Sitter in 1 portrait

William Augustus Fawkener

circa 1750-1811
Diplomat
Sitter associated with 1 portrait

John Arbuthnot Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher

1841-1920
Admiral
Sitter in 17 portraits

Amalia (née Koutsouri-Vourekas), Lady Fleming

1912-1986
Greek doctor, activist and politician; second wife of Sir Alexander Fleming
Sitter in 2 portraits

(John) Paul Wellington Furse

1904-1978
Rear-Admiral
Sitter in 2 portraits

Prince George William Frederick Charles, 2nd Duke of Cambridge

1819-1904
Army officer
Sitter associated with 55 portraits

Sir (William) Edward Goschen, 1st Bt

1847-1924
Diplomat
Sitter in 6 portraits

Nubar Sarkis Gulbenkian

1896-1972
Philanthropist and Bon Vivant
Sitter in 11 portraits

Kasim Gülek (Gulek)

1905-1996
Politician, Secretary General of the Republican People's Party (Turkey)
Sitter in 1 portrait