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Charles John Abraham

1814-1903
Bishop of Wellington, New Zealand
Sitter in 1 portrait

Charles Thomas Abraham

1857-1945
Bishop Suffragan of Derby
Sitter in 1 portrait

Fleur Adcock

1934-
Poet
Sitter in 1 portrait

Alexander Craig Aitken

1895-1967
Professor of Mathematics
Sitter in 3 portraits

Sir Robert Stevenson Aitken

1901-1997
Professor of Medicine; Vice-Chancellor of Birmingham University
Sitter in 1 portrait

James Edward Alexander

1803-1885
Soldier and author
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir James Allen

1855-1942
New Zealand statesman
Sitter in 6 portraits

Percy B. Allen

1913-1992
Farmer and politician
Sitter in 1 portrait

T.P. Andrew

Photographer
Artist of 1 portrait

James Lloyd Ashbury

1834-1895
Yachtsman and Conservative politician; MP for Brighton
Sitter in 2 portraits

Alfred Walter Averill

1865-1957
Primate of New Zealand
Sitter in 1 portrait

Jean Marie Frances (née Hume-Gore, later Sharpe), Lady Backhouse

1916-2008
Former wife of Sir John Edmund Backhouse, 3rd Bt, and of Nicol Gray, and later wife of Norman Sharpe; daughter of Gavin Robert Vernon Hume-Gore and Winefried Mary Josephine (née Lyne-Stephens)
Sitter in 6 portraits

Hans Bagger

1646-1693
Bishop of Zealand
Sitter in 2 portraits

Henry Wolfe Baines

1905-1972
Bishop of Wellington, New Zealand
Sitter in 7 portraits

Eve Balfour

1890-1955
Actress
Sitter in 3 portraits

Bernard Edward Fergusson, Baron Ballantrae

1911-1980
Army officer, colonial administrator; company chairman and writer
Sitter in 7 portraits

William Bambridge

1819-1879
Photographer
Artist of 4 portraits

Sir Denis Hensley Fulton Barnett

1906-1993
Air Chief Marshal
Sitter in 1 portrait

Franz Barta

1907-1985
Photographer
Artist of 1 portrait

Bartlett

active 1900s
Photographer
Artist of 1 portrait

Cranleigh Barton

1890-1975
Artist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Jean Gardner Batten

1909-1982
Airwoman
Sitter in 6 portraits

Daniel Bedingfield

1980-
Singer; brother of Natasha Bedingfield
Sitter in 1 portrait

Samuel Begg

1854-1936
Illustrator and sculptor
Artist associated with 4 portraits

Sir Francis Henry Dillon Bell

1851-1936
New Zealand lawyer and statesman
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir William Blaxland Benham

1860-1950
Biologist and zoologist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Frederick Augustus Bennett

1872-1950
Bishop of Aotearoa, New Zealand
Sitter in 1 portrait

Lady Anne Sophia Berry (née Walpole)

1919-2019
Horticulturist; wife of Robert James ('Bob') Berry; daughter of 5th Earl of Orford
Sitter in 18 portraits

William Riddell Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood

1865-1951
Field Marshal
Sitter in 21 portraits

Sir Oswald Birley

1880-1952
Painter
Sitter in 1 portrait | Artist associated with 16 portraits

Isabella Lucy Bird Bishop

1832-1904
Philanthropist, writer, traveller and photographer
Sitter in 2 portraits

Sir (Edward) Denis Blundell

1907-1984
Governor-General of New Zealand
Sitter in 3 portraits

Henry Hector Bolitho

1898-1974
Writer and biographer
Sitter in 12 portraits

James Edward Buchanan Boswell

1906-1971
Painter
Sitter in 1 portrait

Louis Botha

1862-1919
General and South African statesman
Sitter in 9 portraits

Charles Mildmay Bothamley

1892-1966
Clerk of the Legislative Council, Parliament of New Zealand
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir George Ferguson Bowen

1821-1899
Colonial administrator
Sitter in 5 portraits

Sir Alan Hunter Cachemaille Boxer

1916-1998
Air Vice-Marshal
Sitter in 1 portrait

Warwick Braithwaite

1896-1971
Conductor
Sitter in 5 portraits

Sir Charles Broughton

1911-1998
Air Vice-Marshal
Sitter in 10 portraits