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Cecil Beaton

1904-1980
Photographer, designer and writer
Sitter associated with 354 portraits | Artist associated with 1086 portraits

William (Thomas) Beckford

1760-1844
Writer, collector and eccentric dilettante
Sitter in 2 portraits

Peter Blake

1932-
Painter
Sitter in 15 portraits | Artist of 1 portrait

Capability Brown

1716-1783
Landscape gardener
Sitter in 4 portraits

Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Bt

1770-1844
Parliamentary reformer
Sitter associated with 119 portraits

Mary Delany (née Granville)

1700-1788
Memoir and letter writer
Sitter in 4 portraits | Artist associated with 3 portraits

James Dyson

1947-
Designer and inventor
Sitter in 4 portraits

Henry Fawcett

1833-1884
Politician, political economist and academic
Sitter in 23 portraits

Robert Graves

1895-1985
Poet and writer
Sitter associated with 37 portraits

Henry Richard Fox (later Vassall), 3rd Baron Holland

1773-1840
Whig statesman and patron of art and letters
Sitter associated with 55 portraits

Jane Seymour

1508 or 1509-1537
Third Queen of Henry VIII
Sitter associated with 14 portraits

Inigo Jones

1573-1652
Architect
Sitter in 31 portraits

William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne

1737-1805
Prime Minister and patron of the arts
Sitter associated with 67 portraits

Sir Peter Lely

1618-1680
Portrait painter
Sitter in 19 portraits | Artist associated with 842 portraits

Madonna

1958-
Singer and actress
Sitter in 5 portraits

John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough

1650-1722
Soldier and statesman
Sitter associated with 85 portraits

Herbert George Ponting

1870-1935
Photographer and antarctic explorer
Sitter in 1 portrait | Artist of 12 portraits

Sir Peter Paul Rubens

1577-1640
Painter
Sitter associated with 13 portraits | Artist associated with 40 portraits

Siegfried Sassoon

1886-1967
Poet and prose writer
Sitter in 86 portraits

Sir Anthony van Dyck

1599-1641
Painter
Sitter associated with 31 portraits | Artist associated with 1024 portraits