Search the Collection

Thomas Blood

1618?-1680
Adventurer; attempted to steal Crown jewels
Sitter associated with 9 portraits

George Williams Bodell

born 1878
Rear-Admiral
Sitter in 1 portrait

Carey Bonner

1859-1938
President, Baptist Union of Great Britain and Ireland
Sitter in 5 portraits

Bono

1960-
Musician; singer for U2
Sitter in 2 portraits

Sir John Borlase

1576-1648
General of the Ordnance and Governor of Ireland
Sitter in 1 portrait

Elizabeth Bowen

1899-1973
Novelist and writer
Sitter in 20 portraits

John Bowes, Baron Bowes

1690-1767
Lord Chancellor of Ireland
Sitter associated with 3 portraits

Muriel Box

1905-1991
Screenwriter and film director
Sitter in 4 portraits

Grace Sophia (née Burdett), Lady Boyd

Wife of Sir Gerald Farrell Boyd; daughter of Arthur de Burdet Burdett
Sitter in 1 portrait

Stephen Boyd

1931-1977
Actor
Sitter in 2 portraits

Helen Boyle

1869-1957
Specialist in nervous diseases, co-founder of the Lady Chichester Hospital and President, Royal Medico-Psychological Association
Sitter in 2 portraits

Danny Boyle

1956-
Film and theatre director
Sitter in 3 portraits

Robert Boyle

1627-1691
Chemist and natural philosopher
Sitter associated with 22 portraits

Gustavus Hamilton, 2nd Viscount Boyne

1710-1746
Sitter in 2 portraits

Leonard Boyne

1853-1920
Actor
Sitter in 3 portraits

Brendan Bracken

1901-1958
Statesman
Sitter in 20 portraits

Sir Eric Blackburn Bradbury

1911-2003
Surgeon Vice-Admiral
Sitter in 2 portraits

Charles Bradlaugh

1833-1891
Politician; MP for Northampton and freethinker; founder of National Secular Society
Sitter in 18 portraits

Patrick Joseph Brady

1868-1943
Politician and solicitor
Sitter in 4 portraits

Wilfred Brambell

1912-1985
Actor
Sitter in 1 portrait

Brian Boru (Bóruma)

941-1014
High-king of Ireland
Sitter in 1 portrait

Mary Penelope (née Hill), Viscountess Bridport

1817-1884
Wife of 1st Viscount Bridport; daughter of 3rd Marquess of Downshire
Sitter in 2 portraits

Henry Brocas the Elder

1766-1838
Engraver
Artist associated with 1 portrait

Lady Hilda Brodrick (née Charteris)

1854-1901
First wife of St John Brodrick, later 1st Earl of Midleton; daughter of 10th Earl of Wemyss
Sitter in 2 portraits

Lady Melissa Eva Caroline Brooke (née Wyndham-Quin)

1935-
Wife of Sir George Cecil Francis Brooke, 3rd Bt of Summerton; daughter of 6th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl
Sitter in 1 portrait

Stopford Augustus Brooke

1832-1916
Writer and preacher
Sitter in 12 portraits

John Brooks

circa 1710-after 1756
Engraver and print publisher
Artist associated with 35 portraits

Pierce Brosnan

1953-
Actor
Sitter in 1 portrait

Edith May Marion Broughton (née Riall)

active 1860s
Wife of Delves Broughton; daughter of Phineas Riall
Sitter in 1 portrait

C. Brown

active mid 18th century
Painter
Artist associated with 1 portrait

Caroline Elinor Henrietta Browne

1852-1868
Daughter of Sir James Frankfort Manners Browne
Sitter in 1 portrait

Hon. William Browne

1791-1876
Politician; son of 1st Earl of Kenmare
Sitter in 1 portrait

Albert Bruce-Joy

1842-1924
Sculptor
Sitter in 1 portrait | Artist associated with 4 portraits

Edward Francis Bruen

1866-1952
Admiral
Sitter in 4 portraits

Henry Bruen

1789-1852
Irish Politician; MP for County Carlow
Sitter in 2 portraits

Sophie Bryant (née Willock)

1850-1922
Educationalist; Irish patriot; suffragist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Adam Buck

1759-1833
Miniaturist
Artist associated with 17 portraits

Jessie Buckley

1989-
Actress and singer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Moira Buffini

1965-
Playwright
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Edward Stanislaus Bulfin

1862-1939
General
Sitter in 6 portraits

Thomas Bunbury

1830-1907
Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe
Sitter in 1 portrait

Walter Hussey Burgh

1742-1783
Chief Baron of the Exchequer in Ireland
Sitter in 2 portraits

Edmund Burke

1729-1797
Statesman; orator; author
Sitter associated with 107 portraits

Richard Burke

1733-1794
Political writer and lawyer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington and 2nd Earl of Cork

1612-1698
Magnate
Sitter in 1 portrait

Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington and 4th Earl of Cork

1694-1753
Patron of the arts
Sitter in 10 portraits

Peter Burrowes

1753-1841
Irish barrister and politician
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Frederic William Burton

1816-1900
Watercolour painter and Director of the National Gallery
Sitter in 6 portraits | Artist associated with 11 portraits

Percy Collingwood Burton

1879-1953
Businessman; Chairman of The St James Advertising and Publishing Co
Sitter in 1 portrait

Samuel Butcher

1811-1876
Church of Ireland Bishop of Meath
Sitter in 2 portraits

Lady (Charlotte) Eleanor Butler

1739-1829
Elder of 'The Ladies of Llangollen'
Sitter in 7 portraits

Lady Matilda Butler

1836-1861
Daughter of 2nd Earl of Glengall
Sitter in 1 portrait

Arthur Hamilton Butler

1912-1991
Bishop of Tuam and Bishop of Connor
Sitter in 1 portrait

Hon. Georgina Ione Butler

1941-1947
Daughter of 9th Earl of Lanesborough
Sitter in 4 portraits

Humphrey Butler

active late 18th or early 19th century
Irish politician
Sitter in 1 portrait

Hon. Simon Butler

circa 1757-1797
A leader of the United Irishmen; son of 10th Viscount Mountgarret
Sitter in 2 portraits

Hon. Henry Cavendish Butler-Danvers

1811-1891
High Sheriff of County Cavan; High sherriff of County Fermanagh
Sitter in 1 portrait

Isaac Butt

1813-1879
Founder of the Irish Home Rule Party
Sitter in 3 portraits

Charles Byrne

1761-1783
Irish giant
Sitter in 4 portraits

Donn Byrne (Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne)

1889-1928
Irish-American novelist
Sitter in 2 portraits