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Iya (née de Gay), Lady Abdy

1897-1993
Socialite; first wife of Sir Robert Abdy, 5th Bt; daughter of George de Gay
Sitter associated with 5 portraits

Youly Algaroff

1918-1995
Ballet dancer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Odo William Leopold Russell, 1st Baron Ampthill

1829-1884
Diplomat
Sitter in 6 portraits

Sir Leon Bagrit

1902-1979
Chairman of Elliot-Automation Ltd
Sitter in 2 portraits

Sir Peter Bark

1869-1937
Banker
Sitter in 2 portraits

Elisabeth Bergner

1900-1986
Actress
Sitter in 13 portraits

Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch

1891-1970
Mathematician; Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics, University of Cambridge
Sitter in 1 portrait

Joseph Boruwlaski

1739-1837
Travelling performer and memoirist
Sitter in 2 portraits

Edward William Boudier

1819-1890
General
Sitter in 1 portrait

Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev

1906-1982
Leader of the Soviet Union
Sitter in 1 portrait

Selig Brodetsky

1888-1954
Mathematician
Sitter in 1 portrait

Moura, Baroness Budberg

1891-1974
Writer; former wife of Count Djon Benckendorff, and later wife of Baron Nikolai von Budberg-Bönningshausen
Sitter in 1 portrait

Mikhail Ivanovich Chulaki

1908-1989
Composer; arts administrator
Sitter in 1 portrait

Mary Clare (Georgina Moore)

1814-1874
Reverend mother
Sitter in 3 portraits

James Hulton Clutterbuck

1835-1854
Soldier
Sitter in 1 portrait

Joseph Conrad

1857-1924
Novelist
Sitter in 23 portraits

John Cournos

1881-1966
Writer
Sitter in 3 portraits

Owen Gwyn Saunders Davies

1834-1855
Lieutenant
Sitter in 1 portrait

Nicholas de Giers ('Monsieur de Giers', Nicolay Karlovich Girs)

1820-1895
Russian foreign minister
Sitter in 1 portrait

Bernard Delfont, Baron Delfont

1909-1994
Impresario
Sitter in 1 portrait

Ania Dorfmann

1899-1984
Russian-American pianist
Sitter in 2 portraits

Ilya Grigoryevich Ehrenburg

1891-1967
Writer and Translator
Sitter in 3 portraits

Sir Alexander James Hardy Elliot

1825-1909
Major-General; son of Sir George Elliot
Sitter in 6 portraits

Vladimir Gajdarov

1893-1978
Actor
Sitter in 1 portrait

Lew Grade, Baron Grade

1906-1998
Theatrical agent, television executive and film producer
Sitter in 6 portraits

Leslie Grade (Laszlo Lazarus Winogradsky)

1916-1979
Theatrical talent agent; brother of Lord Delfont
Sitter in 2 portraits

Eugene Grebenik

1919-2001
Demographer
Sitter in 6 portraits

Hugo Gabriel Gryn

1930-1996
Rabbi and broadcaster
Sitter in 1 portrait

Jascha Horenstein

1898-1973
Russo-German conductor
Sitter in 1 portrait

Tadeusz Jarecki

1889-1955
Polish conductor
Sitter in 1 portrait

John III, King of Poland

1624-1696
King of Poland 1674-96
Sitter in 1 portrait

Lev Efimovich Kerbel

1917-2003
Sculptor
Sitter in 2 portraits

Clara Klinghoffer

1900-1970
Artist
Artist of 3 portraits

Murray Korman

1901-1961
Photographer
Artist of 3 portraits

Samuel Solomonovich ('Kot') Koteliansky

1880-1955
Translator
Sitter in 18 portraits

Nathalie Kovanko

1899-1967
Actress
Sitter in 4 portraits

Jacob Kramer

1892-1962
Artist
Sitter in 1 portrait | Artist associated with 7 portraits

Sir Hersch Lauterpacht

1897-1960
Judge and Professor of International Law
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Henry Lowther Ewart Clark Leask

1913-2004
Lieutenant-General
Sitter in 2 portraits

Dimitri Grigorievich Levickij

1735-1822
Artist associated with 1 portrait

Serge Lifar

1905-1986
Dancer and choreographer
Sitter associated with 4 portraits

Sir Thomas Longmore

1816-1895
Surgeon general
Sitter in 2 portraits

Emmanuel Mané-Katz

1894-1962
Painter
Sitter in 6 portraits

Thaddeus Robert Rudolph Mann

1908-1993
Biochemist and Professor of Physiology of Reproduction
Sitter associated with 4 portraits

Robert Maxwell

1923-1991
Newspaper proprietor and publisher
Sitter in 9 portraits

Louis Burt Mayer

1884-1957
Film producer; co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Golda Meir

1898-1978
Israeli Prime Minister
Sitter associated with 6 portraits

Bernard Meninsky

1891-1950
Artist
Artist of 1 portrait

Count Albert Mensdorff-Pouilly-Dietrichstein

1861-1945
Austro-Hungarian diplomat
Sitter in 5 portraits

Jerzy Michalowski

1909-1993
Polish Ambassador to London
Sitter in 6 portraits

Maryna Mniszech

circa 1588-1614
Political adventurer; wife of False Dmitri I, Tsar of Russia
Sitter in 1 portrait

Benno Moiseiwitsch

1890-1963
Pianist
Sitter in 3 portraits

Maurice Moscovitch

1871-1940
Russian actor
Sitter in 1 portrait

Louise Nevelson

1900-1988
Sculptor
Sitter in 6 portraits

Vaslav Nijinsky

1889-1950
Ballet dancer
Sitter in 4 portraits

David Oistrakh

1908-1974
Violinist
Sitter in 2 portraits

Vladimir von Pachmann (de Pachman)

1848-1933
Pianist
Sitter in 4 portraits

Ignace Jan Paderewski

1860-1941
Pianist, composer, diplomat and politician
Sitter in 16 portraits

Leff Pouishnoff

1891-1959
Pianist and composer
Sitter in 3 portraits

Sviatoslav Teofilovich Richter

1915-1997
Pianist
Sitter in 1 portrait