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Edward Steane

1798-1882
Baptist minister and slavery abolitionist
Sitter in 5 portraits

Sir David Edward Charles Steel

1916-2004
Solicitor and businessman and Chairman of The Wellcome Trust
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Steer

1780-1856
Slavery abolitionist
Sitter in 4 portraits

James Stephen

1758-1832
Lawyer and slavery abolitionist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Julia Prinsep Stephen (née Jackson, formerly Mrs Duckworth)

1846-1895
Beauty and philanthropist; former wife of Herbert Duckworth, and later wife of Sir Leslie Stephen; mother of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell
Sitter in 8 portraits

Paul Stephenson

1937-
Activist and Civil Rights campaigner
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Sigmund Sternberg

1921-2016
Philanthropist, businessman and inter-faith champion
Sitter in 1 portrait

Henry Sterry

1803-1869
Slavery abolitionist
Sitter in 4 portraits

Richard Sterry

1785-1865
Slavery abolitionist
Sitter in 4 portraits

(Robert) Michael Maitland Stewart, Baron Stewart of Fulham

1906-1990
Politician; Foreign Secretary and member of the Fabian Society
Sitter associated with 17 portraits

Sir Halley Stewart

1838-1937
Philanthropist
Sitter associated with 3 portraits

Jane (née Mildmay), Lady St John-Mildmay

1764-1857
Philanthropist; daughter and coheir of Carew Mildmay; wife of Sir Henry St John-Mildmay, 3rd Bt
Sitter associated with 2 portraits

Helen Storrow (née Osborne)

1864-1949
Philanthropist and Chair of the World Committee of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts; wife of James Storrow
Sitter associated with 1 portrait

Charles Stovel

1799-1883
Baptist minister and slavery abolitionist
Sitter in 4 portraits

Patricia Strauss

1909-1987
Labour politician, feminist and patron of the arts
Sitter in 2 portraits

Joseph Strutt

1765-1844
Businessman and philanthropist
Sitter in 3 portraits

Charles Stuart

1783-1865
Slavery abolitionist
Sitter in 4 portraits

Elma Stuart

circa 1837-1903
Author and nutritionist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Edmund Sturge

1808-1893
Quaker businessman and social reformer
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Sturge

active 1840
Slavery abolitionist
Sitter in 4 portraits

Joseph Sturge

1793-1859
Quaker and philanthropist
Sitter associated with 8 portraits

William Sturges Bourne

1769-1845
Poor-law reformer and Conservative politician; MP for Ashburton
Sitter in 2 portraits

Edward Harbord, 3rd Baron Suffield

1781-1835
Philanthropist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Katherine Bertie (née Willoughby), Duchess of Suffolk

1519-1580
Noblewoman and protestant patron; 4th wife of Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk
Sitter in 1 portrait

Henrietta Howard (née Hobart), Countess of Suffolk

circa 1688-1767
Mistress of George II and architectural patron
Sitter in 9 portraits

Edith Summerskill, Baroness Summerskill

1901-1980
Physician, feminist, writer and Labour politician; MP for Warrington and Fulham West
Sitter in 16 portraits

Thomas Sutton

1532-1611
Founder of the Charterhouse
Sitter associated with 16 portraits

Thomas Swan

1795-1857
Slavery abolitionist and Baptist minister
Sitter in 4 portraits

Samuel Montagu, 1st Baron Swaythling

1832-1911
Merchant banker, philanthropist and politician
Sitter in 2 portraits

Gladys Helen Rachel (née Goldsmid), Lady Swaythling

1879-1965
Vice-President of the NSPCC; wife of 2nd Baron Swaythling; daughter of Albert Edward Goldsmid
Sitter in 20 portraits

Sir John Edward Swinburne, 6th Bt

1762-1860
President of the Artist's Benevolent Fund
Sitter in 3 portraits

George Sitwell Campbell Swinton

1859-1937
Politician; Chairman of London County Council
Sitter in 1 portrait

Henrietta Louisa Synnott

1841-1924
Poor Law Guardian
Sitter in 1 portrait

Dame Meriel Lucy Talbot

1866-1956
Women's welfare worker
Sitter in 3 portraits

William Tatum

1783-1862
Slavery abolitionist
Sitter in 4 portraits

Henry Taylor

active 1840
Slavery abolitionist
Sitter in 4 portraits

Sedley Taylor

1834-1920
Musician, music scholar and benefactor
Sitter associated with 3 portraits

William Taylor

active 1840
Slavery abolitionist
Sitter in 4 portraits

Mother Teresa of Calcutta (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu)

1910-1997
Roman Catholic nun and missionary; recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
Sitter in 1 portrait

Thomas Tesdale

1547-1610
Founder of Pembroke College, Oxford
Sitter associated with 13 portraits

J. Wells Thatcher

1856-1946
Charity worker
Sitter in 1 portrait

George Thompson

1804-1878
Slavery abolitionist
Sitter in 8 portraits

Henry Thornton

1760-1815
Economist, banker, philanthropist and politician; MP for Southwark
Sitter associated with 3 portraits

Ben Tillett

1860-1943
Trade union leader and politician
Sitter in 5 portraits

Dame Guinevere Tilney

1916-1997
President of the National Council of Women of Great Britain and United Nations Representative on the Commission on Status of Women
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Townsend

1757-1826
Minister; Founder of the Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb
Sitter in 1 portrait

Arnold Toynbee

1852-1883
Economist and social reformer
Sitter in 2 portraits

Louise Ten Broeck Tracy (née Treadwell)

1897-1983
Founder of the John Tracy Clinic; wife of Spencer Tracy
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Harfield Tredgold

1798-1842
Chemist and slavery abolitionist
Sitter in 4 portraits

Mrs Tredgold

active 1840
Slavery abolitionist
Sitter in 4 portraits

Sir William Purdie Treloar, Bt

1843-1923
Manufacturer and philanthropist and Lord Mayor of London
Sitter in 8 portraits

Sir Norman Sanger Tucker

1895-1965
General Secretary of the National Council of YMCA
Sitter in 1 portrait

Henry Tuckett

active 1840
Slavery abolitionist
Sitter in 4 portraits

Winifred Tumim (née Borthwick)

1936-2009
Charity administrator and trustee of the National Portrait Gallery; wife of Stephen Tumim; daughter of Algernon Malcolm Borthwick
Sitter in 1 portrait

David Turnbull

circa 1794-1851
Diplomat and slavery abolitionist
Sitter in 4 portraits

Kwajo Tweneboa

1998-
Social issues campaigner
Sitter in 1 portrait

Bernard John Vaughan

1847-1922
Jesuit priest and social reformer
Sitter in 12 portraits

Mary Vere (née Tracy), Lady Vere

1581-1671
Gentlewoman and patron of ministers; former wife of William Hoby, and later wife of Sir Horace Vere
Sitter in 3 portraits

Horace Middleton Vernon

1870-1951
Physiologist and industrial health specialist; lecturer in Chemical Physiology, Oxford
Sitter in 1 portrait

Robert Vernon

1774-1849
Patron and art collector
Sitter in 1 portrait