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 Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1934
NPG x24214
Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1934
NPG x24215
Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1934
NPG x24216
Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1934
NPG x24217
Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1934
NPG x24218
Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Howard Coster
10 x 8 inch film negative, 1934
NPG x24219
Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Howard Coster
10 x 8 inch film negative, 1934
NPG x24220
Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Howard Coster
10 x 8 inch film negative, 1934
NPG x24221
Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Howard Coster
10 x 8 inch film negative, 1934
NPG x24222
Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Howard Coster
10 x 8 inch film negative, 1934
NPG x24223
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, 14 April 1943
NPG x45792
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, 14 April 1943
NPG x45793
Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Elliott & Fry
vintage print, 1944
NPG x91506
Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Elliott & Fry
half-plate negative, 1944
NPG x82157
Dame Edith Sitwell; Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt
by Bill Brandt
bromide print on card mount, 1945
NPG x22477
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
NPG x45797
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Lady Ida Emily Augusta Sitwell (née Denison) (mother)
Dame Edith Sitwell (sister)
Sir (Sacheverell) Reresby Sitwell, 7th Bt (nephew)
Sir Sacheverell Sitwell, 6th Bt (brother)
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