Oddly, in this water-side scene, T. S. Eliot is not sitting in the elaborate classically-styled seat; rather he seems to be crouched behi...
Earl Jowitt, in his Lord Chancellor robes and wig, raises both hands, palms towards us. Behind him stand two carved figures: that on the ...
Lady Diana Cooper as Britannia sits on a lion which clutches a Union Jack shield. She holds the book 'Who's Who' and is awarding a laurel...
Augustus John as Neptune offers Alice in Wonderland gifts from the sea on his trident. To the left is a ship with a mermaid figurehead, h...
Edith Sitwell reads a book while blithely crossing a chasm on a bridge made of a single branch. She is being met by two of the four winds...
Wrapped in floating fabric the beautiful Maud Russell looks at us, unaware that over her shoulder the eyes of the jester jingle stick are...
Lord Rutherford wears a coronet - he had been raised to the peerage in 1931. Around the bust are symbols of his laboratory work in atomic...
In a formal garden Margot Fonteyn sits demurely listening to Edward Sackville-West playing a harpsichord. A female statue behind holds a ...
Fred Hoyle became known for his original, even controversial, approach to his topic. Here, to observe the glittering, swirling, celestial...
The NG leaflet, referring to Calliope, the muse of epic poetry, has "Unknown sitter" and this is supported by a caption on a photo of the...
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