Leonard Sidney Woolf
(1880-1969), Writer and publisherSitter in 9 portraits
Writer, editor, publisher and political worker. A member of the Apostles while at Trinity College, Cambridge, he was introduced by Thoby Stephen to his sisters, Vanessa (later Bell) and Virginia, whom he married in 1912. The author of two novels, The Village in the Jungle (1913) and The Wise Virgins (1914), he also produced three volumes of political philosophy (1931- 53), five volumes of autobiography (1960-9), and was joint editor of The Political Quarterly (1931-59). He was active politically, advising the Labour Party, advocating democratic socialism, and drafting an early blueprint for the League of Nations.
Virginia Woolf; Leonard Sidney Woolf
by Gisèle Freund
colour print, 1939
NPG P439
by Vanessa Bell
oil on canvas, 1940
NPG 4695
by Charlotte Hewer (Mrs D.T. Evans)
cold cast bronze bust, 1968
NPG 4938
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1924
NPG Ax141570
Leonard Sidney Woolf; Aldous Huxley
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, June 1926
NPG Ax142582
by Barbara Strachey
bromide print, 1938
NPG Ax160975
by Barbara Strachey
bromide contact print, 1938
NPG Ax160976
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