Vita Sackville-West (1892-1962), Writer and gardener; wife of Sir Harold Nicolson
Victoria Mary ('Vita') Sackville-West
Sitter in 23 portraits
Vita Sackville-West was born at Knole, Kent. Like her husband Harold Nicolson, Sackville-West was a prolific author and her publications include Knole and the Sackvilles (1922), the long poem The Land (1926) and the novel, All Passion Spent (1931). Her disappointment at being unable, as a woman, to inherit the Knole estate found positive expression in her subsequent collaboration with Nicolson on the garden of their home at Sissinghurst Castle. Her affair with Violet Trefusis, and her her later relationship with Virginia Woolf, provided the backdrop for her marriage to Nicolson.
by Emil Otto ('E.O.') Hoppé
sepia-toned matte bromide print, 28 February 1924
NPG P1087
by Sir William Rothenstein
red and black chalk, 1925
NPG 6716
by Gisèle Freund
colour dye transfer print, 1939
NPG P437
by Speaight Ltd, published by Hudson & Kearns Ltd
photogravure, 20 June 1911; published 1912
NPG Ax135793
Vita Sackville-West; Mrs Walter Rubens
- Larger Image
- Use this image
- Recent acquisition
by Emil Otto ('E.O.') Hoppé
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 28 June 1916
NPG x136836
Raymond Mortimer; Vita Sackville-West; unknown woman; Edward Knoblock and two others
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1925
NPG Ax142210
Vita Sackville-West; Sir Desmond MacCarthy; Harold Nicolson
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1925
NPG Ax142211
Lady Ottoline Morrell with friends
by Philip Edward Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1925
NPG Ax142212
Lady Ottoline Morrell with friends
by Philip Edward Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1925
NPG Ax142214
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1934
NPG x23916
by John Gay
bromide fibre print, 1948
NPG x47301
by John Gay
bromide fibre print, 1948
NPG x47302
by John Gay
vintage bromide print, 1948
NPG x126519
by John Gay
vintage bromide print, 1948
NPG x126520
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1957
NPG x28912
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print on white card mount, 1958
NPG x14197
Sackville-West
Related People
Adam Nicolson (grandson)
Benedict Nicolson (son)
Sir Harold George Nicolson (husband)
Nigel Nicolson (son)
Lionel Edward Sackville-West, 3rd Baron Sackville (father)
Charles Sackville-West, 4th Baron Sackville (uncle)
Links
Knole, Sevenoaks, Kent
Sissinghurst Castle Gardens, Nr Cranbrook, Kent
Category
Art
Literature, Journalism and Publishing
Groups
Gardeners
Georgian poets
Writers and critics
Place
Kent
Related pages
Thematic collections
Keep in touch
