Rudyard Kipling
(1865-1936), Writer and poet(Joseph) Rudyard Kipling
Sitter associated with 40 portraits
Author and poet; born in Bombay; educated in England but returned to India and worked for Civil and Military Gazette in Lahore; his many publications include Plain Tales from the Hills, 1887, The Jungle Book, 1894, and Kim, 1901; unequalled as an observer of the Raj and as a commentator on the duties and obligations of empire. Later in life settled in Sussex, from which he drew the inspiration for Puck of Pook's Hill, 1906, and Rewards and Fairies, 1910, as well as some of his finest late stories; long out of favour because of the imperial themes in his work, he is now recognised as one of the major talents of his time.
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
NPG 3478
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
NPG 3588
by Francis Henry Hart, for Elliott & Fry
albumen print, 1893
NPG P1700(40a)
by William Strang
pencil, circa 1898
NPG 2919
by Sir Philip Burne-Jones, 2nd Bt
oil on canvas, 1899
NPG 1863
by William Rothenstein
sanguine and black chalk, circa 1932
NPG 3874
by Francis Henry Hart, for Elliott & Fry, published by Félix Potin
cigarette card, published after 1893 (1893)
NPG x136538
by Francis Henry Hart, for Elliott & Fry, published by Ogden's
cigarette card, 1893, published circa 1894-1907
NPG x197046
by Francis Henry Hart, for Elliott & Fry
albumen print, 1893
NPG x11810
by Francis Henry Hart, for Elliott & Fry
half-plate glass copy negative, 1893
NPG x81808
by Unknown photographer
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 2 August 1913
NPG x137590
by Unknown photographer
bromide press print, 1913
NPG x194431
by Henri Manuel
sepia postcard print, early 1920s
NPG x11811
Rudyard Kipling; King George V
by Daily Sketch
bromide print on Daily Sketch mount, 11 May 1922
NPG x36220
Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig; Rudyard Kipling; George Galloway; Sir John Bland-Sutton, 1st Bt
by Graphic Photo Union
bromide press print, 1923
NPG x184141
by Culver Pictures Ltd
vintage press print, 1924
NPG x138111
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1924
NPG x11899
by Walter Stoneman
whole-plate glass negative, 1924
NPG x74736
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