Inventors

Sir Daniel Gooch, 1st Bt

1816-1889
Railway pioneer and inventor
Sitter in 5 portraits

George Edward Gouraud

1842-1912
Soldier and pioneer of recorded music
Sitter in 1 portrait

Henry Greathead

1757-1816
Lifeboat inventor
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Goldsworthy Gurney

1793-1875
Inventor
Sitter in 1 portrait

Stephen Hales

1677-1761
Natural philosopher, chemist and inventor
Sitter in 6 portraits

Joseph Aloysius Hansom

1803-1882
Architect and inventor of the safety cab
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Harmar

died 1798
Dissenting minister at Sheffield and inventor
Sitter in 1 portrait

Lewis Haslam

1856-1922
Politician; MP for Monmouth and Newport; inventor of Airtex
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Isaac Holden, 1st Bt

1807-1897
Inventor
Sitter in 1 portrait

Austin Hopkinson

1879-1962
Politician, industrialist and inventor
Sitter in 12 portraits

Sir James Horlick, 1st Bt

1844-1921
Co-inventor and manufacturer of Horlicks health drink
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir James Nockells Horlick, 4th Bt

1886-1972
Lieutenant-Colonel, cricketer, politician, rhododendron breeder and co-inventor of Horlicks Malted Milk drink
Sitter in 1 portrait

Jonathan Hulls

circa 1699-1758
Projector of steam navigation
Sitter in 1 portrait

William Leonard Hunt

1838-1929
'The Great Farini'; tightrope walker, entertainment promoter and inventor
Sitter associated with 2 portraits

John Kay

1704-1780 or 1781
Inventor of textile manufacturing machinery
Sitter in 1 portrait

William Thomson, Baron Kelvin

1824-1907
Mathematician, physicist and inventor
Sitter in 30 portraits

Hedy Lamarr

1914-2000
Actress and inventor
Sitter in 1 portrait

Bertram Lambert

1881-1963
Fellow Emeritus of Merton College, Oxford; inventor of the Box Respirator
Sitter in 1 portrait

Evan Leigh

1810-1876
Inventor and writer
Sitter in 1 portrait

James Henry Lewis

1786-1853
Stenographer and inventor of short-hand
Sitter associated with 1 portrait