Walter de la Mare
(1873-1956), Poet and writerSitter in 64 portraits
Poet, novelist and anthologist. De la Mare worked for the Anglo-American Oil Co. until in 1908 he turned to writing full-time. In all he wrote some 50 books including many for children. Imaginative, whimsical and sometimes grotesque, his writing often draws on the dream-world. Among his best-known works are The Listeners (1912), Peacock Pie (1913) and The Traveller (1946).
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1936
NPG Ax144077
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1936
NPG Ax144078
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1936
NPG Ax144079
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1936
NPG Ax144080
Lady Ottoline Morrell; Walter de la Mare; (Helen) Hope Mirrlees; Philip Edward Morrell
by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, 1936
NPG Ax144081
by Herbert Lambert
bromide fibre print, November 1937
NPG x1503
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 26 June 1939
NPG x27027
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 26 June 1939
NPG x27028
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 26 June 1939
NPG x27029
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, June 1939
NPG x21951
by John Gay
bromide print, 1948
NPG x47308
by John Gay
vintage bromide print, 1948
NPG x126510
by John Gay
vintage bromide print, 1948
NPG x126511
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, circa 1950
NPG x14351
by Mark Gerson
modern bromide print, August 1953
NPG x88207
by Mark Gerson
bromide print, August 1953
NPG x13363
by Walter Tittle
lithograph, 1922
NPG D2259
Walter de la Mare and Little Red Riding Hood
by Robert Stewart Sherriffs
ink and crayon, 1929
NPG D18340
after Unknown artist
colour offset lithographic cigarette card, 1937
NPG D42395
after William Rothenstein
transfer lithograph, 20 July 1941 (1929)
NPG D4447
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass copy negative, June 1948 (June 1939)
NPG x189357
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, 14 April 1943
NPG x45792
Arthur David Waley; Vita Sackville-West; Sir Osbert Sitwell; Edith Sitwell; Walter de la Mare
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, 14 April 1943
NPG x45793
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