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Sir Hardy Amies

1909-2003
Couturier
Sitter in 20 portraits

Richard Attenborough

1923-2014
Actor, producer and director; brother of Sir David Attenborough
Sitter in 9 portraits

John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury

1834-1913
Banker, scientist, writer and politician; MP for Maidstone and London University
Sitter in 24 portraits

Robert Bakewell

1725-1795
Stock-breeder
Sitter in 1 portrait

Matthew Boulton

1728-1809
Industrialist and entrepreneur
Sitter in 14 portraits

Sir Richard Branson

1950-
Business executive and entrepreneur
Sitter in 7 portraits

Bette Davis

1908-1989
Actress and producer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Henry Fawcett

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

Bill Gates

1955-
Chairman and Chief Software Architect, Microsoft Corporation
Sitter in 1 portrait

Jean Paul Getty

1892-1976
US oil executive; Art collector
Sitter in 1 portrait

Patricia Ann ('Patty') Hopkins (née Wainwright), Lady Hopkins

1942-
Architect; co-founder of Sir Michael Hopkins & Partners; wife of Sir Michael John Hopkins; daughter of Denys Wainwright
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Henry Irving

1838-1905
Actor-manager
Sitter in 119 portraits

John Maynard Keynes, Baron Keynes

1883-1946
Economist
Sitter in 26 portraits

Bonar Law

1858-1923
Prime Minister and businessman
Sitter in 27 portraits

Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester

1532 or 1533-1588
Courtier and magnate; favourite of Elizabeth I
Sitter associated with 65 portraits

Linda McCartney

1941-1998
Photographer, artist, musician, businesswoman, cookery writer and animal rights activist; late wife of Sir Paul McCartney
Sitter in 6 portraits | Artist of 14 portraits

Alexander McQueen

1969-2010
Fashion designer
Sitter in 4 portraits

Karl Marx

1818-1883
Social, political and economic theorist
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Stuart Mill

1806-1873
Social philosopher, economist and advocate of women's rights
Sitter in 20 portraits

Sir John Mills

1908-2005
Actor, producer and director
Sitter in 6 portraits