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King Alfred ('The Great')

King Alfred ('The Great')

849-899
King of the West Saxons
Sitter associated with 13 portraits
Elias Ashmole

Elias Ashmole

1617-1692
Antiquary
Sitter in 6 portraits
Anthony Asquith

Anthony Asquith

1902-1968
Film director
Sitter associated with 31 portraits
John de Baliol

John de Baliol

died 1269
Royal counsellor, founder of Balliol College, Oxford; husband of Dervorguilla of Galloway
Sitter in 3 portraits
Sir Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley

Sir Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley

1903-1989
Composer
Sitter in 23 portraits | Artist of 1 portrait
Sir John Betjeman

Sir John Betjeman

1906-1984
Poet Laureate, writer and broadcaster
Sitter in 41 portraits
Sir Thomas Bodley

Sir Thomas Bodley

1545-1613
Diplomat and scholar
Sitter in 7 portraits
Melvyn Bragg

Melvyn Bragg

1939-
Writer and broadcaster
Sitter in 4 portraits
Lewis Carroll

Lewis Carroll

1832-1898
Photographer and author of 'Alice in Wonderland'
Sitter in 9 portraits | Artist associated with 62 portraits
Lord David Cecil

Lord David Cecil

1902-1986
Scholar, teacher and writer
Sitter in 74 portraits
Sir Ernst Chain

Sir Ernst Chain

1906-1979
Biochemist
Sitter in 9 portraits
Sir William Chambers

Sir William Chambers

1723-1796
Architect
Sitter in 16 portraits
Lord Randolph Churchill

Lord Randolph Churchill

1849-1895
Politician; Secretary of State for India and MP for Woodstock and Paddington South
Sitter in 36 portraits
Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

1874-1965
Prime Minister
Sitter in 222 portraits
Kenneth Clark, Baron Clark

Kenneth Clark, Baron Clark

1903-1983
Art historian and museum director
Sitter in 29 portraits | Artist of 1 portrait
James Cook

James Cook

1728-1779
Circumnavigator
Sitter associated with 15 portraits
Stephanie Cook

Stephanie Cook

1972-
Rower and pentathlete; Olympian
Sitter in 1 portrait
Dame Gladys Cooper

Dame Gladys Cooper

1888-1971
Actress
Sitter in 174 portraits
Sir William Cubitt

Sir William Cubitt

1785-1861
Civil engineer
Sitter in 4 portraits
Richard Dawkins

Richard Dawkins

1941-
Zoologist
Sitter in 2 portraits

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