Novelists and authors

Edgar Jepson

1863-1938
Novelist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Charles Edward Jerningham

1854-1921
Journalist and author ('Marmaduke')
Sitter in 1 portrait

Jerome Klapka Jerome

1859-1927
Novelist and playwright
Sitter in 32 portraits

(William) Blanchard Jerrold

1826-1884
Journalist and author
Sitter in 1 portrait

Douglas Francis Jerrold

1893-1964
Author and publisher
Sitter in 12 portraits

Ianthe Jerrold

1898-1977
Author
Sitter in 1 portrait

Walter Copeland Jerrold

1865-1929
Author
Sitter in 1 portrait

Fryn Tennyson Jesse

1889-1958
Novelist and playwright
Sitter in 2 portraits

Maria Jane Jewsbury (Mrs Fletcher)

1800-1833
Writer and literary reviewer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Gwen John (Gladys Jones)

1878-1953
Novelist and playwright; sister of Winifred Jones
Sitter in 1 portrait

Holly Johnson

1960-
Multimedia artist, singer, songwriter and author
Sitter in 4 portraits

Lacy Johnson (née Nutter)

Author; sixth daughter of James Nutter of Cambridge
Sitter in 2 portraits

Paul Johnson

1928-2023
Journalist, historian, author and editor
Sitter in 1 portrait

Dylan Jones

1961-
Editor of GQ magazine; author
Sitter in 1 portrait

Humfrey Robertson Jordan

1885-1963
Author
Sitter in 10 portraits

Michael Joseph

1897-1958
Author and journalist
Sitter in 8 portraits

Gabriel David Josipovici

1940-
Novelist, critic and playwright; Professor of English
Sitter in 1 portrait

James Joyce

1882-1941
Novelist, poet and playwright
Sitter in 7 portraits

Henry Home, Lord Kames

1696-1782
Judge and author
Sitter in 4 portraits

Yvonne Kapp (Yvonne Cloud)

1903-1999
Writer, political activist, editor and translator
Sitter in 1 portrait

Dosabhoy Framjee Karaka

1911-1974
Journalist, editor and author
Sitter in 8 portraits

(Jean-Baptiste) Alphonse Karr

1808-1890
Critic, journalist and novelist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Gerald Bernard Kaufman

1930-2017
Politician and author
Sitter in 10 portraits

P.J. Kavanagh

1931-2015
Poet, novelist and broadcaster
Sitter associated with 1 portrait

Jackie Kay

1961-
Poet, novelist and makar (Scottish Poet Laureate)
Sitter in 2 portraits

Barbara Kaye

1908-1998
Writer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Mary Margaret ('Mollie') Kaye

1908-2004
Novelist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Fergal Patrick Murphy Keane

1961-
Foreign correspondent; author
Sitter in 1 portrait

Mary Nesta ('Molly') Keane (Mrs Robert Keane)

1904-1996
Novelist
Sitter in 2 portraits

George Keate

1729-1797
Author, painter and friend of Voltaire
Sitter in 1 portrait

Hugh Kelly

1739-1777
Barrister and author
Sitter in 2 portraits

Adelaide Kemble

1815-1879
Singer and author
Sitter associated with 7 portraits

Fanny Kemble

1809-1893
Actor and author
Sitter in 24 portraits

Ludovic Kennedy

1919-2009
Journalist, author and campaigner
Sitter in 3 portraits

Milward Kennedy (Milward Rodon Kennedy Burge)

1894-1968
Civil servant and novelist
Sitter in 2 portraits

Wayland Hilton Young, 2nd Baron Kennet

1923-2009
Politician and author
Sitter in 6 portraits

Charles Lamb Kenney

1821-1881
Author and playwright
Sitter in 1 portrait

Elizabeth (née Talbot), Countess of Kent

1581-1651
Author; wife of 7th Earl of Kent
Sitter in 3 portraits

Judith Kerr

1923-2019
Writer and illustrator
Sitter in 2 portraits

Mark Edward Frederic Kerr

1864-1944
Admiral, air force officer and author
Sitter in 18 portraits

Richard Clifford Hosken Keverne

1882-1950
Author and journalist
Sitter in 7 portraits

Noor Inayat Khan

1914-1944
Special Operations Executive agent, member of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) and First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY)
Sitter in 2 portraits

John Raymond Godley, 3rd Baron Kilbracken

1920-2006
Journalist and author
Sitter in 2 portraits | Artist associated with 1 portrait

Florence Antoinette Kilpatrick (née Calvert, later Crowder)

1888-1968
Novelist and playwright
Sitter in 1 portrait

William Henry Kimbell

born 1817
Author
Sitter in 1 portrait

Anthony Martin Kimmins

1901-1964
Film producer, director, author, playwright
Sitter in 1 portrait

Francis King

1923-2011
Novelist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Joseph King

1860-1943
Politician and author
Sitter in 1 portrait

Frank Kingdon-Ward

1885-1958
Botanist and author
Sitter in 2 portraits

Magdalen King-Hall

1904-1971
Author; wife of Patrick Perceval-Maxwell
Sitter in 1 portrait

Anna Kingsley

Novelist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Charles Kingsley

1819-1875
Novelist, Church of England clergyman and controversialist
Sitter in 47 portraits

Henry Kingsley

1830-1876
Novelist and essayist; brother of Charles Kingsley
Sitter in 3 portraits

John Patrick Douglas Balfour, 3rd Baron Kinross

1904-1976
Historian, biographer and journalist
Sitter in 8 portraits

Francis Kirkman

1632-1680 or after
Bookseller and author
Sitter in 2 portraits

James Harold Kirkup

1918-2009
Poet, travel writer, novelist, translator and broadcaster
Sitter in 1 portrait

Clifford Henry Benn Kitchin

1895-1967
Novelist and barrister
Sitter in 3 portraits

Eric Mowbray Knight

1897-1943
'Richard Hallas'; author and journalist
Sitter in 2 portraits

Phillip Knightley

1929-2016
Journalist and author
Sitter in 1 portrait

Collie Knox

1899-1977
Author and journalist
Sitter in 27 portraits