Gordon Bottomley
(1874-1948), Poet and dramatistSitter in 17 portraits
Like Shannon and Ricketts, the poet and playwright Gordon Bottomley devoted his life to art. He was a social recluse but became an increasingly important friend during Ricketts's last years. In 1929, Shannon fell while hanging a picture and suffered brain damage from which he never recovered. Added to this personal tragedy, Ricketts was saddened by a sense of professional failure and neglect. Bottomley commissioned Ricketts's last work, the book design and illustration for Unrecorded Histories (1933).
by Charles Haslewood Shannon
chalk, 1924
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Sir Edward Howard Marsh; Gordon Bottomley
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, circa 1935
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Gordon Bottomley; Philip Edward Morrell
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, circa 1935
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by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1939
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by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1939
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by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1939
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by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1939
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by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1939
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by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1939
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by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1939
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by Unknown photographer
bromide print, circa 1943
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