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Kate Adie

1945-
Chief News Correspondent, BBC; writer
Sitter in 3 portraits

Sir George Biddell Airy

1801-1892
Astronomer Royal
Sitter associated with 24 portraits

Wentworth Henry Canning Beaumont, 2nd Viscount Allendale

1890-1956
British peer; Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland; army captain
Sitter in 1 portrait

Joseph Angus

1816-1902
Baptist minister and educationist
Sitter in 3 portraits

Alexander Armstrong

1970-
Comedian and actor
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sheila Ann Armstrong

1942-
Soprano
Sitter in 2 portraits

Charlotte Ashburnham (née Percy), Countess of Ashburnham

1766-1862
Second wife of George, 3rd Earl of Ashburnham; daughter of Algernon Percy, 1st Earl of Beverley
Sitter in 3 portraits

George Dixon Atkinson (later Atkinson-Clark)

1836-1921
Barrister and county councillor
Sitter associated with 2 portraits

Henry Christopher Barker

1818-1899
Rural Dean of Hexham and Hon. Canon of Newcastle
Sitter in 6 portraits

John Barrington

circa 1722-1764
Deputy Governor of Berwick and Major General; son of 1st Viscount Barrington
Sitter in 3 portraits

John Bartlam

1770-1823
Vicar of Ponteland, Northumberland
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Bates

1938-2022
Fashion designer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Peter Andrew Beardsley

1961-
Footballer and football coach
Sitter in 1 portrait

Matthew Bell

1793-1871
Conservative politician; MP for Northumberland and South Northumberland
Sitter in 1 portrait

Thomas Bewick

1753-1828
Wood-engraver
Sitter associated with 5 portraits

James Birkett

1748 or 1749-1833
Church of England Clergyman, of Ovingham, Northumberland
Sitter in 1 portrait

Bernard Bosanquet

1848-1923
Philosopher
Sitter in 3 portraits

Hon. Ruth Bovill (née Runciman)

1907-1971
Former wife of George Alexander Holmden, and later wife of Elliot Bovill; daughter of 1st Viscount Runciman of Doxford
Sitter associated with 1 portrait

Sir James Bowman, 1st Bt

1898-1978
Mineworkers' administrator
Sitter in 4 portraits

Charles John Brandling

1769-1826
Landowner and politician; MP for Northumberland
Sitter in 1 portrait

Thomas Brodie

1903-1993
Major-General
Sitter in 5 portraits

Lucy Bronze

1991-
Footballer
Sitter in 2 portraits

Capability Brown

1716-1783
Landscape gardener
Sitter in 4 portraits

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

1806-1861
Poet; wife of Robert Browning
Sitter in 7 portraits

Basil Bunting

1900-1985
Poet
Sitter in 3 portraits

Eric Victor Burdon

1941-
Singer, founding member of The Animals
Sitter in 5 portraits

Thomas Burt

1837-1922
Trade union leader and politician
Sitter in 2 portraits

Josephine Butler

1828-1906
Social reformer
Sitter in 2 portraits

Cadogan Hodgson Cadogan

1826-1888
Landowner
Sitter in 1 portrait

Margaret Caroline (née Leveson-Gower), Countess of Carlisle

1753-1824
Wife of 5th Earl of Carlisle; daughter of 1st Marquess of Stafford
Sitter in 3 portraits

Thomas Carlyle

1795-1881
Historian and essayist; Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery
Sitter associated with 94 portraits

John Chambre (Chamber, Chambers)

1470-1549
Physician and cleric
Sitter in 3 portraits

Bobby Charlton

1937-2023
Footballer
Sitter in 3 portraits

Jack Charlton

1935-2020
Footballer, manager and broadcaster
Sitter in 2 portraits

William Clark

1916-1985
Journalist, broadcaster and writer
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Smith Clarke

1885-1959
Politician; Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery
Sitter in 2 portraits

Thomas James Cobden-Sanderson

1840-1922
Bookbinder and printer; member of the Hammersmith Socialist League
Sitter in 4 portraits

Sir William Menzies Coldstream

1908-1987
Painter
Sitter in 21 portraits

Sir Edward Foyle Collingwood

1900-1970
Mathematician and medical administrator
Sitter in 5 portraits

Sir (Richard) George Collingwood

1903-1986
Lieutenant-General
Sitter in 6 portraits