Dylan Thomas (1914-1953), Poet
Sitter in 22 portraits
Born in Swansea, Thomas began writing as a reporter for the South Wales Evening Post. Eighteen Poems published in 1934 established him in literary circles. Further poems and short stories were published as Twenty-Five Poems (1936), The Map of Love (1939), Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog (1940) and Deaths and Entrances (1946), including his best-known poem Fern Hill. During the Second World War, Thomas was a regular broadcaster on BBC radio and he toured America in 1950, 1952 and 1953. Thomas completed the 1954 radio play Under Milk Wood in May 1953, shortly before his untimely death from alcohol abuse. It was first broadcast by the BBC in January 1954.
by Augustus Edwin John
oil on canvas, circa 1937-1938
On display in Room 31 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L213
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by Rollie McKenna
bromide print, 1952-3
NPG P1683
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by Rollie McKenna
bromide print, 1952-3
NPG P1684
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by Rollie McKenna
bromide print, 1952-3
NPG P1685
by John Gay
bromide fibre print, published July 1948
NPG x47303
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by Rollie McKenna
bromide print, 22 June 1952
NPG x137173
Dylan Thomas; Caitlin Macnamara Thomas
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by Rollie McKenna
bromide print, 1952
NPG x137176
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by Rollie McKenna
bromide print, 1952
NPG x137177
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by Rollie McKenna
bromide print, 21 June 1952
NPG x137179
Dylan Thomas; Ebie Williams; Ivy Williams
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by Rollie McKenna
bromide print, September 1953
NPG x137169
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by Rollie McKenna
bromide print, September 1953
NPG x137178
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by Rollie McKenna
bromide print, September 1953
NPG x137222
Dylan Thomas; Caitlin Macnamara Thomas
by Bill Brandt
bromide print on card mount, 1944
NPG x22484
Dylan Thomas Boathouse, Carmarthen, Wales
Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea, Wales
Category
Literature, Journalism and Publishing
Groups
Fitzrovia
Poets
Place
United States
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