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(Carl) Tancred Borenius

1885-1948
Art historian
Sitter in 3 portraits

Edward William Boudier

1819-1890
General
Sitter in 1 portrait

N. Boulatzell

active 1897
Secretary at the Russian Embassy
Sitter in 1 portrait

Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev

1906-1982
Leader of the Soviet Union
Sitter in 1 portrait

Viktoria Brezhneva

1907-1995
Wife of Leonid Brezhnev
Sitter in 1 portrait

Adolf Brodsky

1851-1929
Violinist and music teacher
Sitter in 3 portraits

Nathalie Brooke (née Benckendorff)

1923-2019
Co-founder of the Venice in Peril campaign; daughter of Constantine Benckendorff and Maria Korchinska; wife of Humphrey Brooke
Sitter in 1 portrait

Henry James Bruce

1880-1951
Diplomat
Sitter in 1 portrait

Baron Philipp von Brunnow

1797-1875
Ambassador
Sitter in 2 portraits

Boris Sergeevich Brunov

1922-1997
Actor
Sitter in 10 portraits

Aleksey Alekseyevich Brusilov

1853-1926
Russian General
Sitter in 1 portrait

Yul Brynner

1915-1985
Actor
Sitter in 21 portraits

Sir George William Buchanan

1854-1924
Diplomat
Sitter in 9 portraits

Moura, Baroness Budberg

1891-1974
Writer; former wife of Count Djon Benckendorff, and later wife of Baron Nikolai von Budberg-Bönningshausen
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Reader William Bullard

1885-1976
Diplomat
Sitter in 3 portraits

Guy Burgess

1911-1963
Soviet spy
Sitter in 1 portrait

George Busk

1807-1886
Naval surgeon and naturalist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Robert Byron

1905-1941
Travel writer, art historian and critic
Sitter in 1 portrait

Arthur Nicolson, 1st Baron Carnock

1849-1928
Diplomat
Sitter in 1 portrait

Princess Caroline Marie Galitzine

1944-
Daughter of Prince George Galitzine; wife of Jonathan Hazell
Sitter in 1 portrait

Catherine I, Empress of Russia

1684-1727
Second wife of Peter the Great
Sitter in 1 portrait

Catherine II, Empress of Russia

1729-1796
Known as 'The Great', reigned 1762-96
Sitter in 5 portraits

Princess Catherine ('Katya') Galitzine

1964-
Daughter of Prince George Galitzine and Jean Dawnay
Sitter in 4 portraits

Marc Chagall

1887-1985
Artist
Sitter in 2 portraits

Fedor Ivanovitch Chaliapin

1873-1938
Russian singer and actor
Sitter in 20 portraits

Sarath Chandrajeewa

1955-
Sculptor
Artist of 1 portrait

Princess Marina Chavchavadze

1905-1994
Step-daughter of Prince Troubetzkoy
Sitter in 1 portrait

Irving Chidnoff

1896-1966
Photographer
Artist of 2 portraits

Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark

1888-1940
Son of King George I of Greece
Sitter in 1 portrait

Mikhail Ivanovich Chulaki

1908-1989
Composer; arts administrator
Sitter in 1 portrait

Mary Clare (Georgina Moore)

1814-1874
Reverend mother
Sitter in 3 portraits

James Hulton Clutterbuck

1835-1854
Soldier
Sitter in 1 portrait

Albert Coates

1882-1953
Conductor and composer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Joseph Conrad

1857-1924
Novelist
Sitter in 23 portraits

Philip Henry Wodehouse Currie

1834-1906
Diplomat
Sitter in 1 portrait

George Nathaniel Curzon, Marquess Curzon of Kedleston

1859-1925
Politician, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, traveller and viceroy of India
Sitter associated with 35 portraits

Gala Dalí

1894-1982
Wife of Salvador Dalí
Sitter in 1 portrait

Alexandra Danilova

1903-1997
Ballet dancer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Catherina Romanova, Princess Daschkof

1744-1810
Sitter in 1 portrait

Owen Gwyn Saunders Davies

1834-1855
Lieutenant
Sitter in 1 portrait

George Dawe

1781-1829
History and portrait painter
Artist associated with 45 portraits

Henry Edward Dawe

1790-1848
Painter and printmaker
Artist associated with 61 portraits

Nicholas de Giers ('Monsieur de Giers', Nicolay Karlovich Girs)

1820-1895
Russian foreign minister
Sitter in 1 portrait

Anatole de Grunwald

1910-1967
Producer, screenwriter and playwright
Sitter in 2 portraits

Bernard Delfont, Baron Delfont

1909-1994
Impresario
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sophie Ilarinovna, Princess Demidoff

1871-1953
Beauty and sportswoman
Sitter in 1 portrait

Baron de Staal

1822-1907
Russian Ambassador in London
Sitter in 2 portraits

Lydia Pavlovna (née Kondayoroff), Lady Deterding

1904-1980
Second wife of Sir Henri Wilhelm August Deterding; daughter of Paul Koudoyaroff
Sitter in 8 portraits

Olga Deterding

1927-1978
Socialite; daughter of Sir Henry Wilhelm August Deterding
Sitter associated with 7 portraits

Sophia Nicholaievna, Countess de Torby

1868-1927
Morganatic wife of Grand Duke Michael of Russia; daughter of Prince Nicholas Wilhelm of Nassau
Sitter in 5 portraits

Prince Dimitri Romanoff (Romanov)

1926-2016
President of the Russian Benevolent Society
Sitter in 1 portrait

Cecilia Jane Dimsdale (née Southwell)

1826-1910
Wife of 6th Baron Dimsdale of the Russian Empire; daughter of Marcus Richard Southwell
Sitter in 1 portrait

Thomas Dimsdale

1712-1800
Physician and smallpox inoculator
Sitter associated with 2 portraits

Sir Edward Cromwell Disbrowe

1790-1851
Diplomat and politician; MP for Windsor
Sitter in 2 portraits

Ania Dorfmann

1899-1984
Russian-American pianist
Sitter in 2 portraits

Wladimir d'Ormesson (Wladimir Olivier Marie François De Paule Le Fèvre D'Ormesson)

1888-1973
French essayist, novelist, journalist and diplomat
Sitter in 3 portraits

Isadora Duncan

1877-1927
Dancer and choreographer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Marie Alexandrovna, Duchess of Edinburgh

1853-1920
Wife of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh; daughter of Alexander II, Tsar of Russia
Sitter in 23 portraits

Jean Efremoff (Ivan Nikolaevich Efremov)

born 1866
Politician and writer
Sitter in 5 portraits

Ilya Grigoryevich Ehrenburg

1891-1967
Writer and Translator
Sitter in 3 portraits