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Constance Mary Katherine Applebee

1873-1981
Sportswoman and founder of the American Field Hockey Association
Sitter in 2 portraits

Thomas Gooch Appleton

1854-1924
Mezzotint engraver
Artist associated with 5 portraits

Appleton & Co

active 1839
Publishers
Artist associated with 1 portrait

Michael David Apted

1941-2021
Director and producer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Pearl Argyle

1910-1947
Dancer and actress
Sitter in 4 portraits

Maxwell Ashby Armfield

1881-1972
Artist and writer
Artist of 2 portraits

Louis ('Satchmo') Armstrong

1900-1971
Jazz musician
Sitter in 2 portraits

Brenda Arnau

1941-1989
Singer and actor
Sitter in 1 portrait

Rudolf Arnheim

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

Eve Arnold

1912-2012
Photographer
Artist of 9 portraits

Judith Aronson

1942-
Photographer
Artist of 10 portraits

Pat Arrowsmith

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

Julia Arthur (née Ida Lewis, later Cheney)

1868 or 1869-1950
Stage and film actress
Sitter in 1 portrait

Arthur & Philbric

Photographers
Artist of 1 portrait

Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton

1773-1848
Financier
Sitter in 11 portraits

(William) Bingham Baring, 2nd Baron Ashburton

1799-1864
Statesman
Sitter in 3 portraits

James Lloyd Ashbury

1834-1895
Yachtsman and Conservative politician; MP for Brighton
Sitter in 2 portraits

Harold Ashby

1925-2003
Jazz saxophonist
Sitter in 1 portrait

April Ashley

1935-2021
Model, dancer, socialite and campaigner for transgender rights
Sitter in 1 portrait

Minnie Ashley

1875-1945
Actress, singer and dancer; wife of William Astor Chanler
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett

1849-1902
Politician; MP for Eye and Sheffield Ecclesall
Sitter in 9 portraits

Adèle Astaire (Lady Charles Cavendish)

1898-1981
Actress and dancer; sister of Fred Astaire
Sitter in 14 portraits

Fred Astaire

1899-1987
Dancer, actor and choreographer
Sitter in 2 portraits

Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor

1879-1952
Newspaper proprietor
Sitter in 13 portraits

Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor

1879-1964
Conservative politician; MP for Plymouth Sutton; former wife of R.G. Shaw, and later wife of 2nd Viscount Astor; daughter of Chiswell Dabney Langhorne
Sitter in 39 portraits

John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever

1886-1971
Newspaper proprietor
Sitter in 9 portraits

(Ava) Alice (Muriel) Astor (later Obolensky, later von Hofmannsthal, later Pleydell-Bouverie)

1902-1956
Socialite and patron of the arts; daughter of John Jacob Astor IV; former wife of Prince Sergei Obolensky and of Raimund von Hofmannsthal, and later wife of David Pleydell-Bouverie
Sitter in 1 portrait

Edward Athawes

active late 1780s
Virginia merchant
Sitter in 1 portrait

Alice Atherton

1854-1899
Actress; wife of Willie Edouin
Sitter in 3 portraits

Thomas Atkinson

1807-1881
Bishop of North Carolina
Sitter in 3 portraits

Edward Robert Atwill

1840-1911
Bishop of West Missouri
Sitter in 1 portrait

Julius Walter Atwood

1857-1945
Bishop of Arizona
Sitter in 1 portrait

Frederick Colvin George Eden, 6th Baron Auckland

1895-1941
Associate of the Institution of Naval Architects; pilot and wartime flying instructor; assistant to the Air Attaché, Paris
Sitter in 1 portrait

W.H. Auden

1907-1973
Poet
Sitter in 44 portraits

John James Audubon

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

Adrienne Augarde

1882-1913
Actress; daughter of Frank Augarde
Sitter in 29 portraits

Richard Avedon

1923-2004
Fashion photographer
Sitter in 2 portraits | Artist of 10 portraits

Matthew Aylmer, 5th Baron Aylmer

1775-1850
Army officer; Governor General of British North America
Sitter in 2 portraits

Lauren Bacall

1924-2014
Film and stage actress (born Betty Joan Perske)
Sitter in 2 portraits

Barbara Bach

1947-
Film actress; wife of Ringo Starr
Sitter in 1 portrait