There are now 156,917 entries in Ancestry’s UK, Portraits and Photographs, 1547-2018 database.
Sourced from The National Portrait Gallery (UK) this collection contains portraits in a variety of mediums, including paintings, photographs, sculptures, drawings and prints. Early works are primarily those of importance to British culture and history — nobility and political figures. Later entries can be from a wider range, notably the arts and sport. There are even 47 entries for meteorologists – 10 for one person.
You can also search by the artist who created the work.
Explore further at the website of the New National Portrait Gallery.
How interesting that there are portraits/photos of meteorologists!!