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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; wife of Harold Knight
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 149 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