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519 people matching these criteria:
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- profession 'Travel and Exploration'
1593?-1635
Arctic explorer; author of the book 'The Strange and Dangerous Voyage of Captain Thomas James' (1633)
Sitter in 1 portrait
Arctic explorer; author of the book 'The Strange and Dangerous Voyage of Captain Thomas James' (1633)
Sitter in 1 portrait
Marie-Noële Kelly (née Jourda de Vaux), Lady Kelly
1901-1995Traveller and hostess; wife of Sir David Victor Kelly
Sitter associated with 4 portraits
1918-2009
Poet, travel writer, novelist, translator and broadcaster
Sitter in 1 portrait
Poet, travel writer, novelist, translator and broadcaster
Sitter in 1 portrait
Cornelis Rudolphus Theodorus Krayenhoff
1758-1840Physicist, cartographer, engineer, artist and general
Sitter associated with 1 portrait
Sir Curtis George Lampson, 3rd Bt
1890-1971Lecturer and broadcaster on art and travel
Sitter in 4 portraits
died 1936
Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, traveller and writer
Sitter in 2 portraits
Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, traveller and writer
Sitter in 2 portraits
Foreign visitor (American) presented at Court
Sitter in 1 portrait
Sitter in 1 portrait
Sir Martin Alexander Lindsay of Dowhill, 1st Bt
1905-1981Explorer, author and politician; leader of British Trans-Greenland Expedition 1934
Sitter in 15 portraits
1773-1853
Antique and art collector; travel companion of J.M.W. Turner
Sitter in 2 portraits
Antique and art collector; travel companion of J.M.W. Turner
Sitter in 2 portraits
1859-1939
Worker for ecclesiastical reunion and travel agent
Sitter in 5 portraits
Worker for ecclesiastical reunion and travel agent
Sitter in 5 portraits
1862-1940
Numismatist, classical scholar, archaeologist and civil servant
Sitter in 2 portraits
Numismatist, classical scholar, archaeologist and civil servant
Sitter in 2 portraits
1702-1772
Scottish adventurer and solicitor in the Annesley peerage case
Sitter in 1 portrait
Scottish adventurer and solicitor in the Annesley peerage case
Sitter in 1 portrait
Katharine Sarah Macquoid (née Thomas)
1824-1917'Gilbert Percy'; novelist and travel writer
Sitter in 2 portraits
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