William Henry Davies
(1871-1940), PoetSitter in 8 portraits
Poet and author; as a young man Davies travelled to America where he spent several years on the road, an experience he later recalled in his most famous book, The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp published in 1908. By then Davies had been adopted by leading literary figures of the day, notably George Bernard Shaw and Edward Thomas, on the strength of his first volume of poetry, The Soul's Destroyer and other poems (1905). He went on to publish four novels and a number of further collections of poems.
by William Rothenstein
pencil, circa 1915
NPG 6705
by Jacob Epstein
bronze head, 1916
NPG 3885
by Augustus John
pencil, 1918
NPG 3149
by William Nicholson
oil on canvas, 1921
NPG 4194
by Theodore Spicer-Simson
plasticine medallion, 1922
NPG 2046
by Alvin Langdon Coburn, published by Duckworth & Co
collotype, 24 November 1913
NPG Ax7848
by Alvin Langdon Coburn, published by Duckworth & Co
collotype, 24 November 1913
NPG Ax7812
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