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Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), Writer and poet

(Joseph) Rudyard Kipling

Sitter associated with 31 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.

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3478

Rudyard Kipling

by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
NPG 3478

3588

Rudyard Kipling

by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
NPG 3588

2919

Rudyard Kipling

by William Strang
pencil, circa 1898
NPG 2919

1863

Rudyard Kipling

by Sir Philip Burne-Jones, 2nd Bt
oil on canvas, 1899
On display in Room 28 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 1863

3874

Rudyard Kipling

by Sir William Rothenstein
sanguine and black chalk, circa 1932
NPG 3874

2955

Rudyard Kipling

by Ginette Bingguely-Lejeune
bronze head, 1936-1937
NPG 2955

x136538

Rudyard Kipling

by Elliott & Fry, published by Félix Potin
cigarette card, circa 1893; published after 1893
NPG x136538

x11810

Rudyard Kipling

by Elliott & Fry
albumen print, circa 1893
NPG x11810

x81808

Rudyard Kipling

by Elliott & Fry
half-plate glass copy negative, circa 1893
NPG x81808

x11811

Rudyard Kipling

by Henri Manuel
sepia postcard print, early 1920s
NPG x11811

x36220

Rudyard Kipling; King George V

by Daily Sketch
bromide print on Daily Sketch mount, 11 May 1922
NPG x36220

x11899

Rudyard Kipling

by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1924
NPG x11899

x74736

Rudyard Kipling

by Walter Stoneman
whole-plate glass negative, 1924
NPG x74736

x74739

Rudyard Kipling

by Walter Stoneman
whole-plate glass negative, 1924
NPG x74739

x74737

Rudyard Kipling

by Walter Stoneman
whole-plate glass negative, 1924
NPG x74737

x74738

Rudyard Kipling

by Walter Stoneman
whole-plate glass negative, 1924
NPG x74738

x81810

Rudyard Kipling

by Elliott & Fry
half-plate glass copy negative, 1924
NPG x81810

x81809

Rudyard Kipling

by Elliott & Fry
half-plate glass copy negative, 1924
NPG x81809

x81807

Rudyard Kipling

by Elliott & Fry
half-plate glass copy negative, 1924
NPG x81807

x11900

Rudyard Kipling

by Walter Stoneman
matte bromide print, 9 November 1934
NPG x11900

D23358

Rudyard Kipling

after (Marion Margaret) Violet Manners (née Lindsay), Duchess of Rutland
lithograph, 1891
NPG D23358

D36883

Rudyard Kipling

by Sir William Newzam Prior Nicholson
hand-coloured woodcut, 1897
NPG D36883

D36882

Rudyard Kipling

by William Strang, printed by David Strang
etching, 1898
NPG D36882

D32971

Rudyard Kipling

published by William Heinemann, after Sir William Newzam Prior Nicholson
lithographic reproduction of a hand-coloured woodcut, published 1899 (1897)
NPG D32971

D21217

Rudyard Kipling

after Richard George Mathews
line block after a drawing, circa 1900
NPG D21217

D36884

Rudyard Kipling

by William Strang
etching and aquatint, 1900
NPG D36884

x135706

(Joseph) Rudyard Kipling

by Emil Otto ('E.O.') Hoppé
photogravure, 1912
NPG x135706

D2673

Rudyard Kipling

by Alick P.F. Ritchie
cigarette card, 1926
NPG D2673

D20831

Rudyard Kipling

after Frances Amicia de Biden Footner
collotype, 1930s
NPG D20831

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