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Robert Malise Bowyer Nichols

(1893-1944), Poet

Sitter 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).

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Robert Malise Bowyer Nichols, by Malcolm Arbuthnot - NPG P785

Robert Malise Bowyer Nichols

by Malcolm Arbuthnot
platinotype mounted on photographer's card, circa 1915
NPG P785

Robert Malise Bowyer Nichols, by Walter Benington - NPG P979

Robert Malise Bowyer Nichols

by Walter Benington
vintage chlorobromide print, 1920s
NPG P979

Robert Malise Bowyer Nichols, by Lady Ottoline Morrell - NPG Ax140743

Robert Malise Bowyer Nichols

by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1920
NPG Ax140743

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Robert Malise Bowyer Nichols

by Elliott & Fry
bromide print, 1945
NPG x90852

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