Robert Malise Bowyer Nichols
(1893-1944), PoetSitter in 5 portraits
Poet and playwright. Commissioned into the Royal Field Artillery in 1914, Nichols served on the Western Front until invalided home with shell-shock in August 1916. His reputation as a war poet rests mainly on the poems in Ardours and Endurances (1917). He later enjoyed success in America with a play, Wings over Europe (1928).
by Malcolm Arbuthnot
platinotype mounted on photographer's card, circa 1915
NPG P785
by Walter Benington
vintage chlorobromide print, 1920s
NPG P979
by Augustus John
chalk, 1921
NPG 3825
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1920
NPG Ax140743
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