George Bernard Shaw
(1856-1950), PlaywrightSitter in 148 portraits
Artist associated with 8 portraits
The foremost playwright of his generation; also a noted critic of the arts, socialist and member of the Fabian Society. Shaw's influence was felt widely in politics and society. During his early career he wrote important musical and dramatic criticism, introduced the British public to the work of Ibsen and wrote some of his best plays. Successful seasons at the Royal Court Theatre (1904-7) established his reputation, and many of his plays, notably Major Barbara (1905) and Pygmalion (1914), later achieved popularity as films. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925.
More on George Bernard Shaw: Explore the portrait of George Bernard Shaw by Jacob Epstein (NPG 4047) from all angles
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
NPG 3510
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
NPG 3511
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
NPG 3512
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
NPG 3604
by Bernard Partridge
watercolour, 1894
NPG 4229
by Frederick Henry Evans
platinum print, 1896
NPG P113
by James Craig Annan
sepia platinotype, 1910
NPG P1131
Beatrice Webb; Sidney James Webb, Baron Passfield; George Bernard Shaw
by Unknown photographer
matte bromide print, 1919
NPG P1292(19)
Beatrice Webb; George Bernard Shaw
by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, 1919
NPG P1292(20)
by Bernard Partridge
watercolour, circa 1925
NPG 4228
'Hill Farm' (Beatrice Webb; Sidney James Webb, Baron Passfield; George Bernard Shaw)
by Unknown photographer
vintage print, 28 June 1930
NPG P1292(23)
by Yevonde
Vivex colour print on black card mount, 1937
On display at The Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
NPG P871(5)
by Clare Winsten (Clara Birnberg)
pencil on paper laid on board, 1949
NPG 6891
by Sir Emery Walker
quarter-plate glass negative, 1888
NPG x19645
by Sir Emery Walker
glass negative, 1888
NPG x19647
by Sir Emery Walker
half-plate glass negative, 1888
NPG x19648
by Sir Emery Walker
quarter-plate glass negative, 1888
NPG x19646
by Sir Emery Walker
half-plate glass negative, 1891
NPG x19649
by Sir Emery Walker
half-plate glass negative, 1891
NPG x19671
by Sir Emery Walker
half-plate glass negative, 1891
NPG x19672
by Sir Emery Walker
half-plate glass negative, 1891
NPG x19673
by Sir Emery Walker
half-plate glass negative, 1891
NPG x19674
by Sir Emery Walker
half-plate glass negative, 1891
NPG x19675
by Sir Emery Walker
half-plate glass negative, 1891
NPG x19676
by Sir Emery Walker
half-plate glass negative, 1891
NPG x19677
by Sir Emery Walker
whole-plate glass copy negative, July 1891
NPG x134704
by Elliott & Fry
photogravure, 1891
NPG x137221
by Elliott & Fry
half-plate negative, 1891
NPG x81842
by W. & D. Downey, published by Cassell & Company, Ltd
carbon print, published 1893
NPG Ax16166
by Elliott & Fry
half-plate negative, 1900
NPG x81843
George Bernard Shaw; Charlotte Shaw (née Payne-Townshend)
by Foulsham & Banfield
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 12 March 1902
NPG x136852
by Alvin Langdon Coburn
photogravure, 1 August 1904
NPG x87256
by Alvin Langdon Coburn
photogravure, 1 August 1904
NPG Ax7768
Harley Granville-Barker; George Bernard Shaw; Charlotte Shaw (née Payne-Townshend)
by George Bernard Shaw, and by Harley Granville-Barker
album page with six platinotype snapshot prints, 1904
NPG x126440
probably by Sydney Haldane Olivier, 1st Baron Olivier
vintage snapshot print, 1911-1912
NPG x131330
probably by Sydney Haldane Olivier, 1st Baron Olivier
vintage snapshot print, 1911-1912
NPG x131331
probably by Sydney Haldane Olivier, 1st Baron Olivier
vintage snapshot print, 1911-1912
NPG x131332
by Lizzie Caswall Smith, published by George G. Harrap & Company, printed by The Vandyck Printers Ltd
photogravure, 1913, published 1915
NPG Ax199040
by Lizzie Caswall Smith, published by George G. Harrap & Company, printed by The Vandyck Printers Ltd
photogravure, 1913, published 1915
NPG Ax199041
by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG Ax39212
by Elliott & Fry
half-plate negative, 1919
NPG x81840
by Vaughan & Freeman
gelatin silver print, 1920s
NPG x4078
by Claude Harris
vintage bromide print, 1920s
NPG x9089
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, copied May 1941 (circa 1920)
NPG x185231
by Herbert Lambert
photogravure, 1924
NPG x1504
by Lafayette
whole-plate film negative, 8 July 1926
NPG x37025
by Lafayette
whole-plate film negative, 8 July 1926
NPG x37026
by Lafayette
whole-plate film negative, 8 July 1926
NPG x37027
by Lafayette
whole-plate film negative, 8 July 1926
NPG x37028
by Lafayette
whole-plate film negative, 8 July 1926
NPG x37029
'George Bernard Shaw at Seventy'
by Nickolas Muray
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published November 1926
NPG x193426
by Dorothy Wilding
chlorobromide print on card mount, 1928
NPG x13457
by Dorothy Wilding
chlorobromide print on card mount, 1928
NPG x13455
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