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Nikolai Ivanovich Svishchov-Paola

1874-1964
Russian photographer
Sitter in 3 portraits

Tamara Swirskaya

born circa 1890
Dancer and pianist
Sitter in 3 portraits

William Sykes

1829-1893
Chaplain to the Forces
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir (Arthur Allison) Fitzroy Talbot

1909-1998
Vice-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief, South America
Sitter in 3 portraits

Tatiana, Grand Duchess of Russia

1897-1918
Daughter of Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia
Sitter in 10 portraits

Sir John Kenneth Tavener

1944-2013
Composer
Sitter in 6 portraits

Alan John Percivale Taylor

1906-1990
Historian and journalist
Sitter in 11 portraits

Pavel Tchelitchew

1898-1957
Surrealist painter
Sitter in 2 portraits | Artist of 3 portraits

Lubov Tchernicheva

1890-1976
Russian dancer
Sitter in 4 portraits

Llewellyn E. Thompson

1904-1972
Diplomat
Sitter in 1 portrait

Count Leo Tolstoy

1828-1910
Russian novelist
Sitter associated with 5 portraits

Nikolay Vasilievich Tomsky

1900-1984
Sculptor
Sitter in 2 portraits

Thomas Tooke

1774-1858
Economist
Sitter in 5 portraits

William Tooke

1744-1820
Historian of Russia
Sitter in 3 portraits

William Tooke

1777-1863
President of the Society of Arts
Sitter in 2 portraits

Eduard Ivanovich Totleben (Todleben)

1818-1884
Russian General and engineer
Sitter in 4 portraits

Humphrey Trevelyan, Baron Trevelyan

1905-1985
Diplomat
Sitter in 8 portraits

Sophie (née Troubetzkoy), Duchess del Sesto

1838-1896
Wife of the Duke de Mornay; later wife of the Duke del Sesto
Sitter in 1 portrait

Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev

1818-1883
Novelist, poet and playwright
Sitter in 2 portraits

Edward Tracy Turnerelli

1813-1896
Traveller in Russia and writer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Galina Ulanova

1910-1998
Ballet dancer
Sitter in 2 portraits

Sir Boris Petrovitch Uvarou Uvarov

1886-1970
Entomologist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Dame Olga Nikolaevna Uvarov

1910-2001
Veterinary scientist
Sitter in 13 portraits

Anthony Vadkovsky

1846-1912
Metropolitan of St Petersburg and Ladoga
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Vassall

1924-1996
Soviet spy
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Paul Gavrilovitch Vinogradoff (Pavel Gavriilovich Vinogradov)

1854-1925
Jurist and historian
Sitter in 3 portraits

Galina Vishnevskaya

1926-2012
Opera singer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Vladimir Alexandrovich, Grand Duke of Russia

1847-1909
Son of Alexander II, Emperor of Russia
Sitter associated with 5 portraits

Pierre Vladimiroff

1893-1970
Dancer; husband of Felia Doubrovska
Sitter in 8 portraits

Alexandre Volinine (né Aleksandr Volinin)

1882-1955
Dancer and teacher
Sitter in 15 portraits

Mikhail Semyonovich, Prince Vorontsov

1782-1856
Russian governor-general and field-marshal
Sitter in 3 portraits

Sir John Oliver Wardrop

1864-1948
Diplomat and Georgian scholar
Sitter in 3 portraits

Alexandra (née Cancrin), Lady Weardale (formerly Countess Tolstoy)

died 1934
Vice-President of Save the Children Fund; former wife of Count Mathieu Ivanovitch Tolstoy, and later wife of 1st Baron Weardale; daughter of Count von Cancrine
Sitter associated with 4 portraits

Sir John Webster, Bt

died 1675
Commissary for Russia at the Hague
Sitter in 4 portraits

Anastasia ('Zia') (née Countess de Torby), Lady Wernher

1892-1977
Wife of Sir Harold Wernher, 3rd Bt; daughter of Grand Duke Michael of Russia
Sitter in 15 portraits

Baron Karl von Werther

1809-1894
Diplomat
Sitter in 1 portrait

Charles Whitworth, 1st Earl Whitworth

1752-1825
Diplomat
Sitter associated with 4 portraits

Charles Whitworth, Baron Whitworth

1675-1725
Diplomat
Sitter in 1 portrait

Wilhelm, Archduke of Austria

1895-1948
Austrian archduke; colonel of the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen; poet
Sitter in 2 portraits

Frederica Louisa Wilhelmina

1774-1837
Daughter of Frederick William II, King of Prussia
Sitter in 1 portrait | Artist associated with 1 portrait

Countess Elen Willcox (née Soumarokow-Elston)

Wife of J.M. Willcox
Sitter in 5 portraits

Walter Winans

1852-1920
Sportsman, horsebreeder and author on shooting and sport
Sitter in 3 portraits

Ella Winter

1898-1980
Journalist and activist
Sitter in 4 portraits

Ferdinand von Wintzingerode

1770-1818
Officer in Russian army
Sitter in 1 portrait

Gillian Wise

1936-2020
Abstract artist; member of the British Constructivists group
Sitter in 1 portrait

Jeremy Wolfenden

1934-1965
Foreign correspondent and spy; son of Baron Wolfenden
Sitter in 1 portrait

Casper Wrede

1929-1998
Film and theatre director
Sitter in 1 portrait

Thomas Wright

1792-1849
Painter and engraver
Artist associated with 44 portraits

Xenia Alexandrovna, Grand Duchess of Russia

1875-1960
Wife of Alexander Mikhailovich, Grand Duke of Russia; eldest daughter of Alexander III, Emperor of Russia
Sitter associated with 2 portraits

Nicolas Yarovoff

active 1928
Photographer
Artist of 1 portrait

Lydia Yavorska (née Hubbenet, later Lady Pollock), Princess Bariatinsky

1874-1921
Actress; former wife of Prince Vladimir Bariatinsky, and later wife of Frederick John Pollock of Hatton, 4th Bt
Sitter in 4 portraits

William Frederick Yeames

1835-1918
Painter
Sitter in 8 portraits

Colonel Yermoloff

Military Attaché, Imperial Russian Embassy in London
Sitter in 1 portrait

Ossip Zadkine

1890-1967
Sculptor
Sitter in 8 portraits

Alexander Zakin

1903-1990
Concert pianist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Alexander Zeitlin

1872-1946
Russian sculptor
Artist of 1 portrait

Israel Arnold Ziff

1927-2004
Businessman and philanthropist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Vladislav Mstislavovich ('V.M') Zimenko

1919-1994
Author and editor
Sitter in 3 portraits

A. Zinchenko

Politician
Sitter in 1 portrait