John Drinkwater
(1882-1937), Poet and playwrightSitter in 17 portraits
Initially an insurance clerk, in the period immediately before the First World War John Drinkwater was one of a group of poets, including Rupert Brooke, who were associated with the Gloucestershire village of Dymock. In 1918, he scored his first major success with his play, Abraham Lincoln. He published his first collection of poetry in 1923. Most of his later writing, however, failed to live up to the promise and popularity of his earlier work and his fame gradually declined. He progressed into literary criticism, and later became manager of Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
by William Rothenstein
pencil, 1915
NPG 6708
by William Rothenstein
oil on canvas, circa 1918
NPG 6689
by William Rothenstein
red chalk, 1919
NPG 6707
by Alice Boughton
vintage bromide print, 1920s
NPG P204
by Theodore Spicer-Simson
bronze medallion, 1921
NPG 6967
by Joyce Wansay Thompson
chalk, 1935
NPG 4094
John Drinkwater; Daisy Kennedy
by Underwood & Underwood
bromide press print, February 1925
NPG x194420
by Sasha (Alexander Stewart)
bromide print, June 1928
NPG x28338
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1931
NPG x167259
by Howard Coster
bromide print, 1934
NPG Ax136078
Mr John Drinkwater Reading' (John Drinkwater; possibly Rudyard Kipling; Edith Sitwell)
by Mark Wayner (Weiner)
lithograph, published 1931
NPG D23328
after Unknown artist
colour offset lithographic cigarette card, 1937
NPG D42396
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