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Harold Crichton-Browne

1866-1937
Lieutenant-Colonel, explorer and writer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Thomas Crofts

1722-1782
Priest, traveller and bibliophile
Sitter in 1 portrait

Isabel Crowdy

died 1941
Information Officer, Orient Line
Sitter in 1 portrait

Cunne Shote

active 1762
Cherokee chief
Sitter in 1 portrait

George Nathaniel Curzon, Marquess Curzon of Kedleston

1859-1925
Politician, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, traveller and viceroy of India
Sitter associated with 35 portraits

William Dampier

1651-1715
Circumnavigator and hydrographer
Sitter in 4 portraits

Henry Danby-Seymour

1820-1877
Politician and traveller
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Nathaniel Dance

1748-1827
Merchant Navy officer
Sitter in 1 portrait

L.G. Dann

Shipping Director
Sitter in 4 portraits

Bernard C. Day

1884-1934
Motor engineer and member of British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913
Sitter in 1 portrait

Julio ('John'), Marquis de Amodio

1909-2003
Fencer, RAF officer and philanthropist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Frank Debenham

1883-1965
Geologist; Founder Director of Scott Polar Research Institute
Sitter in 1 portrait

William Dederich

1872-1926
Businessman; Patron of exploration
Sitter in 1 portrait

Dixon Denham

1786-1828
Soldier and traveller
Sitter in 2 portraits

Dominique Vivant Denon, Baron Denon

1747-1825
Archaeologist, traveller and writer; Head of the Musée Napoléon (later Musée du Louvre: Paris: France)
Sitter in 2 portraits | Artist associated with 3 portraits

Louis de Rougemont

1847-1921
Swiss-born Australian adventurer and fantasist
Sitter in 5 portraits

Michel Descazeaux du Hally

1710-1775
Adventurer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Jean de Thévenot

1633-1667
Traveller, linguist, natural scientist and botanist
Sitter in 2 portraits

Sir James Lyne Devonshire

1863-1946
Vice-President of Tramways, Light Railways and Transport Association
Sitter in 5 portraits

William Dickinson

1756-1822
Topographer and legal writer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Arthur Diosy

1858-1923
Author and lecturer on Japan
Sitter in 1 portrait

Lady Florence Caroline Dixie (née Douglas)

1855-1905
Wife of John McLean Griffin; daughter of 8th Marquess of Queensberry
Sitter in 2 portraits

Christina Dodwell

1951-
Explorer, travel writer and lecturer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Charles Montagu Doughty

1843-1926
Poet and traveller
Sitter in 2 portraits

Sir Francis Drake

1540-1596
Admiral and circumnavigator
Sitter associated with 39 portraits

Rosemary Theresa (née Rees), Lady du Cros

1901-1994
Aviator; second wife of Sir Philip Harvey du Cros, 2nd Bt; daughter of Sir John David Rees, 1st Bt
Sitter associated with 3 portraits

Sir Robert Dudley

1574-1649
Mariner and landowner
Sitter associated with 2 portraits

Julian Thomas Duguid

1902-1987
Author, explorer and traveller
Sitter in 16 portraits

Alexander Robert Dunbar

1904-1980
Transport consultant
Sitter in 1 portrait

Ellen Elizabeth Dunkin

died 1890
Daughter of John Dunkin
Sitter associated with 1 portrait

John Dunkin

1782-1846
Topographer
Sitter in 1 portrait

William Dunlop

1792-1848
Army surgeon, writer and pioneer in Canada
Sitter in 1 portrait

Cissie Providence ('Joyce') Dunsheath (née Houchen)

1902-1976
Mountaineer and traveller; second wife of Percy Dunsheath; daugther of Charles Houchen
Sitter in 1 portrait

Jacquie Durrell

born 1929
Author; first wife of Gerald Durrell
Sitter in 2 portraits

Lee Durrell (née Wilson)

1949-
Naturalist and author
Sitter in 1 portrait

Emily Eden

1797-1869
Novelist and traveller; sister of the Earl of Auckland
Sitter in 2 portraits

Amelia Edwards

1831-1892
Novelist and egyptologist
Sitter in 6 portraits

Ney Elias

1844-1897
Explorer and diplomat
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Elphinstone, 13th Lord Elphinstone and 1st Baron Elphinstone

1807-1860
Administrator in India
Sitter in 2 portraits

Mary English (née Ballard, later Greenup)

1789-1846
Adventurer and businesswoman
Sitter in 1 portrait