Philosophers

Sir James Mackintosh

1765-1832
Philosopher
Sitter in 9 portraits

John MacMurray

1891-1976
Professor of Moral Philosophy
Sitter in 12 portraits

John Mctaggart Ellis McTaggart

1866-1925
Philosopher
Sitter in 2 portraits

Baron Avro Manhattan

1914-1990
Writer and philosopher
Sitter in 1 portrait

Karl Mannheim

1893-1947
Philosopher
Sitter in 2 portraits

Robert Ranulph Marett

1866-1943
Philosopher, sociologist and anthropologist
Sitter in 2 portraits

Harriet Martineau

1802-1876
Social philosopher and writer
Sitter in 9 portraits

John Stuart Mill

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

Edward Arthur Milne

1896-1950
Mathematician and natural philosopher
Sitter in 8 portraits

Isaac Milner

1750-1820
Natural philosopher and Dean of Carlisle
Sitter in 3 portraits

Sir Walter Hamilton Moberly

1881-1974
Philosopher; Soldier and University Administrator
Sitter in 3 portraits

William Molyneux

1656-1698
Irish philosopher and political writer
Sitter in 2 portraits

James Burnett, Lord Monboddo

1714-1799
Judge and philosopher
Sitter in 10 portraits

G.E. Moore

1873-1958
Philosopher
Sitter in 18 portraits

Henry More

1614-1687
Philosopher, poet and theologian
Sitter in 9 portraits

Conwy Lloyd Morgan

1852-1936
Comparative psychologist and philosopher
Sitter in 3 portraits

Sir Thomas Charles Morgan

circa 1780-1843
Philosopher and writer
Sitter associated with 2 portraits

Sir Samuel Morland, 1st Bt

1625-1695
Natural philosopher and diplomat
Sitter associated with 4 portraits

Henry Moyes

1749 or 1750-1807
Lecturer on natural philosophy
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Henry Muirhead

1855-1940
Philosopher
Sitter in 1 portrait

Iris Murdoch

1919-1999
Novelist and philosopher
Sitter in 35 portraits

Sir Isaac Newton

1642-1727
Mathematical scientist
Sitter associated with 46 portraits

William Ockham

circa 1287-1347
Philosopher, theologian and political theorist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Dominique Olida

Philosopher
Artist of 1 portrait

Onora Sylvia O'Neill, Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve

1941-
Philosopher, writer and academic
Sitter in 2 portraits

(Laetitia) Helen (née Munro-Lucas-Tooth), Lady Oppenheimer

1926-2022
Writer on moral and philosophical theology; wife of Sir Michael Oppenheimer, 3rd Bt; daughter of Sir Hugh Munro-Lucas-Tooth, 1st Bt
Sitter in 14 portraits

Thomas Paine

1737-1809
Author of 'The Rights of Man'
Sitter in 12 portraits

Herbert James Paton

1887-1969
Scholar and philosopher
Sitter in 4 portraits

Konstantin Petrovich Pobedonostsev

1827-1907
Russian civil servant and conservative political philosopher
Sitter in 1 portrait

Alexander Pope

1688-1744
Poet
Sitter associated with 46 portraits

Sir Karl Raimund Popper

1902-1994
Philosopher
Sitter in 5 portraits

Jaakoff Prelooker

1860-1935
Writer and philosopher
Sitter in 2 portraits

Harold Arthur Prichard

1870-1947
Philosopher
Sitter in 4 portraits

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

1809-1865
Economist and socialist philosopher
Sitter in 1 portrait

Edgar Quinet

1803-1875
Poet, historian and political philosopher
Sitter in 1 portrait

Anthony Meredith Quinton, Baron Quinton

1925-2010
Philosopher and President of Trinity College, Oxford
Sitter in 1 portrait

Janet Radcliffe-Richards

1944-
Philosopher
Sitter in 1 portrait

Thomas Reid

1710-1796
Philosopher
Sitter in 3 portraits

(Joseph) Ernest Renan

1823-1892
Philosopher, historian and religious scholar
Sitter in 5 portraits

Henry James Richter

1772-1857
Artist and philosopher
Artist associated with 4 portraits

John Robison

1739-1805
Natural philosopher and inventor
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir (William) David Ross

1877-1971
Scholar and philosopher
Sitter in 21 portraits

Bertrand Russell

1872-1970
Philosopher, mathematician and social reformer
Sitter in 119 portraits

Gilbert Ryle

1900-1976
Philosopher
Sitter in 1 portrait

Jean-Paul Sartre

1905-1980
Novelist and playwright; philosopher and exponent of Existentialism
Sitter in 2 portraits

Ferdinand Canning Scott Schiller

1864-1937
Philosopher
Sitter in 1 portrait

Albert Schweitzer

1875-1965
Physician, musician and philosopher
Sitter associated with 1 portrait

Roger Vernon Scruton

1944-2020
Writer and philosopher
Sitter in 1 portrait

Michael Sendivogius

1566-1636
Polish alchemist, philosopher and medical doctor
Sitter in 1 portrait

Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury

1671-1713
Philosopher and writer on the fine arts
Sitter in 8 portraits

Henry Sidgwick

1838-1900
Philosopher
Sitter in 9 portraits

Jules François Simon

1814-1896
Politician and philosopher
Sitter in 1 portrait

William Angus Sinclair

1905-1954
Lecturer in philosophy and Lieutenant-Colonel; son of John Sinclair
Sitter in 1 portrait

Adam Smith

1723-1790
Political economist
Sitter in 6 portraits

Socrates

circa 469-399 BC
Greek philosopher
Sitter associated with 1 portrait

William Ritchie Sorley

1855-1935
Philosopher
Sitter in 5 portraits

Herbert Spencer

1820-1903
Philosopher, social theorist and sociologist
Sitter in 22 portraits

Speusippus

circa 407 BC-339 BC
Greek philosopher
Sitter associated with 1 portrait

Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban

1561-1626
Philosopher and Lord Chancellor
Sitter associated with 63 portraits

William Olaf Stapledon

1886-1950
Philosopher and writer
Sitter in 10 portraits