Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt (1892-1969), Writer
Sitter in 59 portraits
He joined the army in 1911 and served throughout the First World War. His early poetry, such as The Winstonburg Line (1919), is pacifist in tone. He was a staunch supporter of the avant-garde poetry of Ezra Pound and T. S. Eliot, and was a patron of the young William Walton, for whose Belshazzar's Feast he wrote the libretto in 1926. His travel writing includes Winters of Discontent(1932), about Italy, and Escape with me! (1939) on China and the Far East. His five-volume autobiography Left-Hand, Right Hand (1944-50) is considered his masterpiece.
Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Frank Owen Dobson
bronze head, 1994 (1922)
On display in Room 31 at the National Portrait Gallery
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Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Reginald John ('Rex') Whistler
pencil and watercolour, 1935
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Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
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by Horst P. Horst
bromide print, 1948
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Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Frank Owen Dobson
plaster cast of head, 1994 (1922)
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Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Emil Otto ('E.O.') Hoppé
modern bromide print, 1918
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Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Unknown photographer
sepia matte print on card mount, 1919
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Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Maurice Beck and Helen Macgregor
bromide print, 1920s
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Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Maurice Beck and Helen Macgregor
bromide print, early 1920s
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Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Cecil Beaton
vintage bromide print, 1926
On display at Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento, Italy, in the exhibition 'Un altro tempo. Vite nell'arte'
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by Cecil Beaton
vintage bromide print, 1927
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Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Bassano
vintage print, 29 September 1933
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Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Bassano
vintage print, 29 September 1933
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Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Howard Coster
vintage bromide print, 1934
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Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1934
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Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Bassano
half-plate film negative, 21 June 1939
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Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Bassano
half-plate film negative, 21 June 1939
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Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Bassano
half-plate film negative, 21 June 1939
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Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell
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by Rollie McKenna
bromide print, 1950s
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by Unknown photographer
bromide print, 12 February 1951
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Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print on white card mount, 2 May 1953
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Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Walter Bird
bromide print on card mount, June 1958
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by Unknown photographer
bromide print, 9 October 1962
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Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Lewis Morley
resin print, 1963
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Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Lewis Morley
bromide fibre print, 1963
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Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Lewis Morley
bromide fibre print, 1963
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Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Lewis Morley
resin print, 1963
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Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Derek Parker
bromide print, 1969
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Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Powys Evans
pencil, 1920s-1930s
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by Robert Stewart Sherriffs
ink, 1927-1930
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Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Nina Hamnett
oil on canvas, circa 1918
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Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1927
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Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1927
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Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 29 September 1933
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Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 29 September 1933
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Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1934
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Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1934
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Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1934
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Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1934
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Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1934
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Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1934
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Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1934
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Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1934
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Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1934
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Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1934
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Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Howard Coster
10 x 8 inch film negative, 1934
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Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Howard Coster
10 x 8 inch film negative, 1934
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Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Howard Coster
10 x 8 inch film negative, 1934
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Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Howard Coster
10 x 8 inch film negative, 1934
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Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Howard Coster
10 x 8 inch film negative, 1934
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by Unknown photographer
bromide print, 14 April 1943
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by Unknown photographer
bromide print, 14 April 1943
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Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Elliott & Fry
vintage print, 1944
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Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Elliott & Fry
half-plate negative, 1944
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Dame Edith Sitwell; Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Bill Brandt
bromide print on card mount, 1945
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Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt; Dame Edith Sitwell
by Ruth Sondak
bromide print, 8 November 1948
NPG x45790
Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Lewis Morley
bromide print, 1963
NPG x45390
Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Lewis Morley
resin print, 1963
NPG x46599
Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Sir (Sacheverell) Reresby Sitwell, 7th Bt
cibachrome print from original transparency, 6 September 1964
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