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Francesco Agello

1902-1942
Italian test pilot
Sitter in 1 portrait

Thomas Alcock

1801-1866
Politician; MP for several constituencies and traveller
Sitter in 1 portrait

Alexander Alexander

active 1830
Scottish traveller
Sitter in 2 portraits

George Allan

1736-1800
Antiquary and topographer
Sitter in 2 portraits

Eric Allden

1886-1949
Traveller, cultural attaché and civil servant
Sitter in 1 portrait

William Philip Allen

1888-1958
British Transport Commission
Sitter in 1 portrait

Henry Ancell

1802-1863
Surgeon, traveller and writer
Sitter in 2 portraits

Charles Freer Andrews

1871-1940
Writer on India
Sitter in 12 portraits

Princess Anne of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg (née Lady Anne Savile)

1864-1927
Socialite, aviation patron and aviator; wife of Prince Ludwig Karl of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg; daughter of 4th Earl of Mexborough
Sitter in 8 portraits

Peter Anson

1889-1975
Writer on religion and on the sea; monk; artist
Sitter in 9 portraits

Antonio

died circa 1782
Venetian sailor, robbed at Kinsale
Sitter in 1 portrait

Francis Vyvyan Jago Arundell

1780-1846
Traveller and antiquary
Sitter in 1 portrait

Edward Leicester Atkinson

1882-1929
Surgeon; member of British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913
Sitter in 2 portraits

John Bicknell Auden

1903-1991
Geologist and explorer; brother of W.H. Auden
Sitter in 2 portraits | Artist of 1 portrait

Sir Horatio Thomas Austin

1801-1865
Admiral and explorer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir George Back

1796-1878
Naval officer and explorer
Sitter in 6 portraits

Mary (née Westenra), Lady Bailey

1890-1960
Aviator; second wife of Sir Abe Bailey; daughter of 5th Baron Rossmore
Sitter associated with 6 portraits

Florence Barbara Maria (née von Sass), Lady Baker

1841-1916
Traveller in Africa; second wife of Sir Samuel White Baker
Sitter in 5 portraits

Sir Samuel White Baker

1821-1893
Traveller and sportsman
Sitter in 12 portraits

William Lincoln Bakewell

1888-1969
Member of Shackleton crew on 'The Endurance'
Sitter in 1 portrait

George Baldwin

1743?-1826
Traveller and mystic
Sitter in 1 portrait

George Christopher Band

1929-2011
Mountaineer and member of the 1953 Everest expedition
Sitter in 1 portrait

William John Bankes

1786-1855
Traveller, egyptologist, antiquary and politician; MP for Truro, University of Cambridge, Marlborough and Dorset
Sitter in 2 portraits

Sir Joseph Banks, Bt

1743-1820
Explorer and botanist
Sitter associated with 35 portraits

Sir Alexander Bannerman, 11th Bt

1871-1934
Military aviator
Sitter in 3 portraits

John Norman Romney Barber

1919-2004
Motor industry executive
Sitter in 1 portrait

Herbert Basedow

1881-1933
Anthropologist and explorer
Sitter in 1 portrait

William Bedloe

1650-1680
Informer and adventurer
Sitter associated with 9 portraits

Frederick William Beechey

1796-1856
Rear-Admiral and geographer
Sitter in 4 portraits

Charles Tilstone Beke

1800-1874
Abyssinian traveller and geographer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Gertrude Bell

1868-1926
Traveller, spy and archaeologist
Sitter in 2 portraits

Joseph René Bellot

1826-1853
French Arctic explorer
Sitter in 2 portraits

Giovanni Battista Belzoni

1778-1823
Performing artist and Egyptologist
Sitter in 3 portraits

Woollarawarre Bennelong

circa 1765-1813
Wangal man; clan leader; intermediary between Aboriginal and European peoples
Sitter in 1 portrait

Faith Bennett

1903-1969
Actress and pilot
Sitter in 4 portraits

Frederick Jessel Benson (né Jessel Bebro)

1875-1930
Financier and Director of Swansea Harbour
Sitter in 1 portrait

Walter Owen Bentley

1888-1971
Designer and racer of motor cars
Sitter in 2 portraits

Sir (Frederick) George Binney

1900-1972
Explorer; Businessman
Sitter in 4 portraits

Prince Birabongse Bhanudej Bhanubandh (also called 'Prince Bira of Siam' and 'B. Bira')

1914-1985
Thai prince; Formula 1 racing driver
Sitter in 1 portrait

Jean Lennox Bird

1912-1957
First woman pilot in the RAF
Sitter in 1 portrait

Isabella Lucy Bird Bishop

1832-1904
Philanthropist, writer, traveller and photographer
Sitter in 2 portraits

Tom Campbell Black

1899-1936
Aviator
Sitter in 1 portrait

Valentine Blacker

1778-1826
Army officer in the East India Company and cartographer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Lilian Bland

1878-1971
Aviator, aeronautical engineer and journalist; designed and constructed the 'Bland Mayfly'
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Nicholas Blashford-Snell

1936-
Explorer, author, lecturer and broadcaster; Ministry of Defence consultant
Sitter in 1 portrait

William Bligh

1754-1817
Admiral and explorer; captain of the Bounty
Sitter in 5 portraits

Thomas Blood

1618?-1680
Adventurer; attempted to steal Crown jewels
Sitter associated with 9 portraits

Sir Henry Blount

1602-1682
Traveller
Sitter in 3 portraits

Wilfrid Scawen Blunt

1840-1922
Traveller, politician and poet
Sitter in 9 portraits

Sir David William Bone

1874-1959
Master mariner
Sitter in 1 portrait

Lee Boo

circa 1764-1784
First visitor to Britain from Palau
Sitter in 2 portraits

Andrew Boorde

circa 1490-1549
Traveller and physician
Sitter in 3 portraits

Joseph Boruwlaski

1739-1837
Travelling performer and memoirist
Sitter in 2 portraits

Ann Bostock

born circa 1951
Pilot
Sitter in 1 portrait

William John Bosworth

1858-1923
Soldier; Founder of the Military College, Roehampton, and the Automobile Association
Sitter in 1 portrait

Birdie Bowers

1883-1912
Polar explorer
Sitter in 2 portraits | Artist associated with 1 portrait

Sir John Bowring

1792-1872
Political economist, traveller and the 4th Governor of Hong Kong
Sitter in 18 portraits

Mr Boyce-Connaught

'Young gent from India'
Sitter in 1 portrait

George Bradshaw

1801-1853
Originator of railway guides
Sitter in 1 portrait

Gloria Braggiotti Etting

1909-2003
Traveller, writer and society hostess; former wife of Emlen Etting, and later wife of Alesandro Buonacuore
Sitter in 4 portraits