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Richard Pering

1767-1838
Inventor
Sitter in 1 portrait

Jacob Perkins

1766-1849
Inventor
Sitter in 4 portraits

Sir Thomas Salter Pyne

1860-1921
Chief engineer to the Government of Afghanistan
Sitter in 1 portrait

Tony Rawlinson

1936-
Photographer and inventor
Sitter in 6 portraits

Sir Harry Ralph Ricardo

1885-1974
Engineer and inventor
Sitter in 11 portraits

Andrew Ritchie

1947-
Inventor of the Brompton folding bicycle
Sitter in 1 portrait

Abby Roberts

2001-
Singer and social media star
Sitter in 1 portrait

Juliette Royer

Trainee Admin Clerk in Ilford Limited’s Patents department
Sitter in 1 portrait

David Saywell

Head of Digital Programmes, National Portrait Gallery, London
Sitter in 2 portraits

Steve Shirley

1933-
Businesswoman, information technology pioneer and philanthropist
Sitter in 2 portraits

Sir Clive Sinclair

1940-2021
Inventor and entrepreneur
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Mortimer Singer

1863-1929
Pioneer in cycling, motoring and flying; son of inventor of Singer sewing machine
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Francis Petitt Smith

1808-1874
Inventor of screw-propeller for steamships
Sitter in 2 portraits

Grahame Stehle

Researcher, Ilford Limited
Sitter in 1 portrait

Hilary Stehle

Assistant in Ilford Limited’s East London Regional Distribution Office
Sitter in 1 portrait

George Stephenson

1781-1848
Inventor of the railway-engine
Sitter in 9 portraits

Sir Frederick Wilfrid Stokes

1860-1927
Civil engineer and inventor of Stokes Gun
Sitter in 2 portraits

Jedediah Strutt

1726-1797
Inventor and cotton manufacturer
Sitter in 2 portraits

Sir Edward Thomason

1769-1849
Inventor
Sitter in 1 portrait

Richard Trevithick

1771-1833
Engineer and inventor
Sitter in 3 portraits