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Eric Gill; Alice Mary (née Knewstub), Lady Rothenstein

by William Rothenstein
oil on canvas, circa 1913
NPG 5508

Sir Max Beerbohm

by Filson Young
bromide print, 1916
NPG P864

Maurice William Greiffenhagen

by Maurice William Greiffenhagen
oil on canvas, 1920s
NPG 5432

Arthur Applin

by Walter Benington
vintage chlorobromide print, 1920s
NPG P967

Sydney Lee

by Walter Benington
vintage chlorobromide print, 1920s
NPG P974

Naval Officers of World War I

by Sir Arthur Stockdale Cope
oil on canvas, 1921
On display at Old War Office, London
NPG 1913

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by E.O. Hoppé
gelatin silver print, 1923
NPG P1391

Statesmen of World War I

by Sir James Guthrie
oil on canvas, 1924-1930
On display in Room 25 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 2463

Constant Lambert

by Christopher Wood
oil on canvas, 1926
On display in Room 25 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 4443

Sir William Turner Walton

by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, 1926
NPG P55

Sir George James Frampton

by Bernard Partridge
pencil, ink and wash, before 1927
NPG 3669

Sir (Edward) Guy Dawber

by Sir Gerald Kelly
oil on canvas, 1927
NPG 6900

Douglas McGarel Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham

by Aidan Savage
oil on canvas, 1928
NPG 5946

Philip Alexius de László

by Walter Benington
vintage chlorobromide print, 1928
NPG P970

Harley Granville-Barker

by Jacques-Emile Blanche
oil on canvas, 1930
NPG 3842

William Rothenstein

by William Rothenstein
oil on canvas, 1930
NPG 5000

Ramsay MacDonald with members of his family

by Peggy Angus
oil on plywood, 1930s
NPG 6102

Cyril Scott

by George Hall-Neale
oil on canvas, exhibited 1930
NPG 5303

Cecil Beaton

by Anthony Wysard
pencil, ink and wash on board, 1930
NPG 6438

Beatrice Webb

by Unknown photographer
vintage print, 1930s
NPG P1292(38)

Sir William Reid Dick

by Philippe Ledoux
oil on canvas, exhibited 1934
NPG 4809

The 7th and 8th Marquesses of Londonderry

by Anthony Wysard
pencil and gouache, 1936
NPG 6122

'Like Father: Like Son (XIV)' (Malcolm John MacDonald; Ramsay MacDonald)

by Anthony Wysard
pencil and gouache, published in 'The Tatler' April 1936
NPG 6123

Anna Zinkeisen

by Yevonde
Vivex colour print, January 1936
On display at The Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
NPG P1839

Doris Zinkeisen

by Yevonde
Vivex colour print, January 1936
NPG P1838

Sir Hugh Walpole

by Stephen Bone
oil on canvas, late 1930s?
NPG 3841

Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)

by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, 2 June 1937
NPG P259

Wallis at the Window

by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, 2 June 1937
NPG P263

Albert Henry Stanley, Baron Ashfield

by Anthony Wysard
pencil and gouache, published 1938
NPG 6114

Queen Elizabeth II; King George VI; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; Princess Margaret

by Marcus Adams
bromide print, 1938
On display in Room 27 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG P140(13)

Lee Miller

by Lee Miller
modern archival-toned gelatin silver print from original negative, 1939
NPG P873

Yevonde

by Yevonde
dye transfer print, 1940
NPG P620

Walter Sickert; Thérèse Lessore

by Cecil Beaton
vintage bromide print on white card mount, 15 September 1940
NPG P869(21)

Sidney James Webb, Baron Passfield; Beatrice Webb

by Unknown photographer
matte bromide print, 13 September 1941
NPG P1292(59)

Hewlett Johnson; Jacob Epstein

by Felix H. Man
bromide print, 1943
NPG P15

Sir David Low

by Yousuf Karsh
bromide print, 1943
NPG P490(47)

George Macaulay Trevelyan

by Cecil Beaton
vintage bromide print on white card mount, 1 September 1943
NPG P869(22)

Graham Sutherland

by Lee Miller
modern archival-toned gelatin silver print from original negative, 1943
NPG P1086

The Memoir Club

by Vanessa Bell
oil on canvas, circa 1943
NPG 6718

Sir William Goscombe John

by Erich Wolfsfeld
oil on panel, circa 1944
NPG 5102

James Evershed Agate

by Cecil Beaton
vintage bromide print on white card mount, 1944
NPG P869(1)

Raymond Mortimer

by Edward 'Boy' Le Bas
oil on board, circa 1946
NPG 6052

Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor

by Yousuf Karsh
bromide print, 1946
NPG P490(5)

Binkie Beaumont; Angela Baddeley; Emlyn Williams

by Angus McBean
bromide print, 1947
NPG P59

Michael Foot; Quintin McGarel Hogg, 1st Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone

by Anthony Wysard
pencil and gouache, circa 1948
NPG 6117

Billy Butlin

by Sir David Low
chalk, 1949 or before
NPG 5766

Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)

by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, June 1949
NPG P276

Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)

by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, June 1949
NPG P277

Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)

by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, June 1949
NPG P278

William Maxwell Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook

by Yousuf Karsh
bromide print, 1949
NPG P490(10)

Cecil Beaton

by Angus McBean
vintage bromide print, 1949
NPG P1294

George Robey

by Angus McBean
gelatin silver print, 1949
NPG P1836

Conversation piece at the Royal Lodge, Windsor

by Sir James Gunn
oil on canvas, 1950
On display in Room 28 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 3778

Robert Colquhoun

by John Deakin
bromide print, 1950s
NPG P295

Oskar Kokoschka

by Lee Miller
modern archival-toned gelatin silver print from original negative, 1950
NPG P1080

Somerset Maugham

by Henri Cartier-Bresson
bromide print, 1951
NPG P727

Peter Lanyon

by Gilbert Adams
vintage bromide print, 1952
NPG P461

Henry Moore

by John Hedgecoe
bromide print, circa 1953-1960
NPG P774

Queen Elizabeth II

by Baron Studios
chromogenic print, November 1953
NPG P1442

The Queen with her Maids of Honour

by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, 2 June 1953
NPG P1454