Sir Alan Patrick Herbert
(1890-1971), Humorist, novelist, playwright and politician; MP for Oxford UniversitySitter in 30 portraits
A versatile and prolific writer, both as humorist and satirist, and author of musical comedy and light opera. For many years an Independent MP for Oxford University (1935-50), champion of divorce law reform and public spokesman, he campaigned for a wide variety of causes.
by Eric George Fraser
pen and ink and wash on board, 1933
NPG 6448
by Ruskin Spear
oil on canvas, late 1960s?
NPG 4894
by Yevonde
black and white reprint on card mount, 1930s
NPG x131736
by Howard Coster
bromide print, 1930
NPG Ax2309
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1930
NPG x20965
by Howard Coster
bromide print, 1934
NPG Ax136061
by John Gay
bromide fibre print, 1949
NPG x47297
by John Gay
vintage bromide print, 1949
NPG x126540
by John Gay
vintage bromide print, 1949
NPG x126541
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, circa 1959
NPG x131091
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, circa 1959
NPG x131092
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, circa 1959
NPG x131093
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, circa 1959
NPG x131094
by Mark Gerson
bromide print, September 1965
NPG x13763
by Sandra Lousada
archival pigment print, 1970
NPG x135464
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 30 September 1970
NPG x18442
by Harry Lawrence Oakley
silhouette, 1920s-1950s
NPG D371
after Unknown artist
colour offset lithographic cigarette card, 1937
NPG D42400
by Mark Wayner (Weiner)
lithograph, 1943 or before
NPG D23342
by Howard Coster
half-plate nitrate copy negative, 1930
NPG x44739
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