Novelists and authors

Anne Cornwallis, Countess of Argyll

died 1635
Roman Catholic benefactor and supposed author; wife of 7th Earl of Argyll
Sitter in 2 portraits

Reginald Arkell

1872-1959
Author and dramatist
Sitter in 4 portraits

Michael Arlen

1895-1956
Novelist
Sitter in 16 portraits

Simon Armitage

1963-
Poet Laureate, playwright, librettist and author
Sitter in 1 portrait

Fenella Fitzhardinge Armytage (née Berkeley)

1835-1903
Author; wife of Henry Armytage
Sitter in 1 portrait

Rudolf Arnheim

1904-2007
Author, art and film theorist and psychologist
Sitter in 2 portraits

Ralph Crispian Marshall Arnold

1906-1970
Author and publisher
Sitter in 1 portrait

Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster

1855-1909
Politician, Secretary of State for War and MP for Belfast West and Croydon and author
Sitter in 5 portraits

Jake Arnott

1961-
Author
Sitter in 1 portrait

Arthur Paul Gore, 7th Earl of Arran

1903-1958
Author and translator
Sitter in 8 portraits

Pat Arrowsmith

1930-2023
Peace campaigner, anti-nuclear activist, author and social worker
Sitter in 1 portrait

Khadambi Asalache

1935-2006
Poet, novelist, philosopher of mathematics and civil servant
Sitter in 1 portrait

Roger Ascham

1515-1568
Author and tutor to Elizabeth I (when Princess Elizabeth)
Sitter in 4 portraits

Hannah, Princess Asfa Yilma (Mrs Algernon Holland)

died 1945
Princess of Ethiopia, linguist and author
Sitter in 4 portraits

Joseph Ashby-Sterry

circa 1835-1917
Painter, novelist and poet
Sitter in 1 portrait

Daisy Ashford

1881-1972
Child author
Sitter in 1 portrait

Lady Lettice Mildred Mary Ashley-Cooper

1911-1990
Flight Officer W.A.A.F. and author; daughter of 9th Earl of Shaftesbury
Sitter in 1 portrait

Lady Cynthia Mary Evelyn Asquith (née Charteris)

1887-1960
Author and Private Secretary to JM Barrie; wife of Herbert Asquith; daughter of 11th Earl of Wemyss and March
Sitter in 8 portraits

Cyril Edward Asquith

1902-1967
Author
Sitter in 4 portraits

Diana Athill

1917-2019
Writer and editor
Sitter in 2 portraits

John James Audubon

1785-1851
Ornithologist, author and artist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Herbert Ernest Augustus

1874-1945
Author and art critic; Editor of 'Apollo', 'Arts and Crafts' and 'The Woodcut'
Sitter in 1 portrait

Norman Ault

1880-1950
Author and artist
Sitter in 5 portraits

Jane Austen

1775-1817
Novelist
Sitter associated with 6 portraits

William Austin

circa 1587-1634
Author
Sitter in 3 portraits

Denis Avey

1919-2015
Author and soldier
Sitter in 1 portrait

Christopher Awdry

1940-
Author; son of Wilbert Vere ('W.V.') Awdry
Sitter in 1 portrait

W.V. Awdry

1911-1997
Clergyman; author of 'Thomas the Tank Engine' series
Sitter in 1 portrait

Ruby Mildred Ayres

1883-1955
Romantic novelist
Sitter in 15 portraits

Constance Babington-Smith

1912-2000
Photographic interpreter and author
Sitter in 1 portrait

George Henry Badcock

born 1871
Lieutenant-Colonel and author on training dogs
Sitter in 3 portraits

David Baddiel

1964-
Comedian, novelist and broadcaster
Sitter in 2 portraits

Enid Algerine Bagnold ('Lady Jones')

1889-1981
Novelist and playwright; member of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY); wife of Sir Roderick Jones; daughter of Arthur Bagnold
Sitter in 10 portraits | Artist of 1 portrait

Theodosia Bagot (née Leslie, later Swann)

1865-1940
Author and benefactor of the Portland Hospital, South Africa
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Cann Bailey

1864-1931
Author and lecturer; President of the English Association
Sitter in 2 portraits

Philip James Bailey

1816-1902
Barrister, poet and author
Sitter in 3 portraits

Francis Evans ('F.E') Baily

1887-1962
Author
Sitter in 18 portraits

Dame Beryl Bainbridge

1932-2010
Novelist and actress
Sitter in 6 portraits

Nigel Balchin

1908-1970
Novelist
Sitter in 8 portraits

Oliver Ridsdale Baldwin, 2nd Earl Baldwin

1899-1958
Author and politician; son of Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin
Sitter in 1 portrait