Arthur William Symons (1865-1945), Poet, translator, critic and editor
Sitter in 7 portraits
Poet and author; friend of many artists and writers of the nineties; his poetry is symbolist and fin-de-siècle in tone; published Symbolist Movement in Literature, 1899; contributed articles to various reviews, wrote plays, edited anthologies, and translated from six languages; never entirely recovered from a mental breakdown in 1908.
by Frederick Henry Evans
sepia platinum print, circa 1895-1900
NPG P104
by Jacques-Emile Blanche
oil on canvas, 1895
On display in Room 29 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L135
by Rudolf Helmut Sauter
tempera on canvas, 1935
NPG 4172
by Alvin Langdon Coburn
photogravure, 22 September 1906
NPG x87257
by Alvin Langdon Coburn
photogravure, 22 September 1906
NPG Ax7778
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