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203 people matching these criteria:

- place 'Derbyshire'

Robert Adam

1728-1792
Architect
Sitter in 2 portraits

Sir Richard Arkwright

1732-1792
Engineer and inventor
Sitter in 2 portraits

Erasmus Darwin

1731-1802
Physician and poet
Sitter in 8 portraits

Edward Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby

1799-1869
Prime Minister
Sitter in 105 portraits

Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire

1757-1806
Beauty and leader of Whig society; first wife of 5th Duke of Devonshire
Sitter in 29 portraits

George Eliot (Mary Ann Cross (née Evans))

1819-1880
Novelist
Sitter associated with 12 portraits

Dame Laura Knight

1877-1970
Artist
Sitter in 33 portraits | Artist associated with 3 portraits

Dame Hilary Mantel

1952-
Novelist and critic
Sitter in 2 portraits

Mary, Queen of Scots

1542-1587
Reigned 1542-67
Sitter associated with 150 portraits

Sir Joseph Paxton

1803-1865
Gardener and architect
Sitter in 6 portraits

Dame Edith Sitwell

1887-1964
Poet
Sitter in 56 portraits

Sir Barnes Neville Wallis

1887-1979
Aeronautical designer and engineer
Sitter in 13 portraits

Dame Vivienne Isabel Westwood

1941-
Fashion designer
Sitter in 17 portraits

Joseph Wright

1734-1797
Painter, known as 'Wright of Derby'
Sitter associated with 7 portraits | Artist associated with 19 portraits

Charles Thomas Abraham

1857-1945
Bishop Suffragan of Derby
Sitter in 1 portrait

Prince Alexander Obolensky

1916-1940
Rugby player; son of Prince Serge Obolensky
Sitter in 8 portraits

Geoffrey Francis Allen

1902-1982
Bishop of Derby and Bishop of Egypt
Sitter in 14 portraits

Anne Ker (née Stanley), Countess of Ancram

Second wife of Robert Ker, Earl of Ancram; daughter of 6th Earl of Derby
Sitter in 2 portraits

Peter Arkwright

1784-1866
Sheriff of Derbyshire
Sitter in 3 portraits

Lady Amelia-Anna-Sophia (née Stanley), Countess of Athol

Wife of 2nd Earl and 1st Marquis of Athol; daughter of 7th Earl of Derby
Sitter in 1 portrait