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H.G. Wells

(1866-1946), Novelist and social commentator

Herbert George Wells

Sitter associated with 95 portraits
Author; his science-based futuristic novels, such as The Time Machine (1895) and The Shape of Things to Come (1933) gained a retrospective glamour for predicting air warfare and the atomic bomb; other works include socialist pamphlets, educational tracts and loosely autobiographical novels like The History of Mr Polly (1910).

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Jack Warner (Horace John Waters), H.G. Wells, Fredric March (Ernest Frederick McIntyre Bickel), Edmund Gwenn and Mervyn LeRoy on the set of 'Anthony Adverse', by Unknown photographer - NPG x198472

Jack Warner (Horace John Waters), H.G. Wells, Fredric March (Ernest Frederick McIntyre Bickel), Edmund Gwenn and Mervyn LeRoy on the set of 'Anthony Adverse'

by Unknown photographer
gelatin silver print, 1935
NPG x198472

Shirley Temple; H.G. Wells, by Unknown photographer - NPG x198475

Shirley Temple; H.G. Wells

by Unknown photographer
gelatin silver print, 1935
NPG x198475

H.G. Wells, Pearl Argyle and William Cameron Menzies on the set of 'Things to Come', by Unknown photographer - NPG x198365

H.G. Wells, Pearl Argyle and William Cameron Menzies on the set of 'Things to Come'

by Unknown photographer
gelatin silver print, 1936
NPG x198365

H.G. Wells; Paulette Goddard; Charlie Chaplin; Constance Collier, by Unknown photographer - NPG x198473

H.G. Wells; Paulette Goddard; Charlie Chaplin; Constance Collier

by Unknown photographer
gelatin silver print, 1936-1942
NPG x198473

H.G. Wells, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x127595

H.G. Wells

by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 17 June 1939
NPG x127595

H.G. Wells, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x127596

H.G. Wells

by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 17 June 1939
NPG x127596

H.G. Wells, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x127597

H.G. Wells

by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 17 June 1939
NPG x127597

H.G. Wells, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x127598

H.G. Wells

by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 17 June 1939
NPG x127598

H.G. Wells, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x81198

H.G. Wells

by Bassano Ltd
half-plate negative, 20 June 1939
NPG x81198

H.G. Wells, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x81199

H.G. Wells

by Bassano Ltd
half-plate negative, 20 June 1939
NPG x81199

H.G. Wells, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x81230

H.G. Wells

by Bassano Ltd
half-plate negative, 20 June 1939
NPG x81230

H. G. Wells reading a copy of 'Weekly Illustrated' magazine, by Wolfgang Suschitzky - NPG x200765

H. G. Wells reading a copy of 'Weekly Illustrated' magazine

by Wolfgang Suschitzky
gelatin silver print, December 1939
NPG x200765

H. G. Wells reading a copy of 'Weekly Illustrated' magazine, by Wolfgang Suschitzky - NPG x200766

H. G. Wells reading a copy of 'Weekly Illustrated' magazine

by Wolfgang Suschitzky
gelatin silver print, December 1939
NPG x200766

H. G. Wells, by Wolfgang Suschitzky - NPG x200767

H. G. Wells

by Wolfgang Suschitzky
gelatin silver print, December 1939
NPG x200767

H. G. Wells, by Wolfgang Suschitzky - NPG x200768

H. G. Wells

by Wolfgang Suschitzky
gelatin silver print, December 1939
NPG x200768

H. G. Wells, by Wolfgang Suschitzky - NPG x200769

H. G. Wells

by Wolfgang Suschitzky
gelatin silver print, December 1939
NPG x200769

H. G. Wells, by Wolfgang Suschitzky - NPG x200770

H. G. Wells

by Wolfgang Suschitzky
gelatin silver print, December 1939
NPG x200770

H. G. Wells, by Wolfgang Suschitzky - NPG x200771

H. G. Wells

by Wolfgang Suschitzky
gelatin silver print, December 1939
NPG x200771

H. G. Wells, by Wolfgang Suschitzky - NPG x200772

H. G. Wells

by Wolfgang Suschitzky
gelatin silver print, December 1939
NPG x200772

H. G. Wells, by Wolfgang Suschitzky - NPG x200773

H. G. Wells

by Wolfgang Suschitzky
gelatin silver print, December 1939
NPG x200773

H. G. Wells, by Wolfgang Suschitzky - NPG x200774

H. G. Wells

by Wolfgang Suschitzky
gelatin silver print, December 1939
NPG x200774

H.G. Wells, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x85298

H.G. Wells

by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 20 June 1939
NPG x85298

H.G. Wells, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x85299

H.G. Wells

by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 20 June 1939
NPG x85299

H.G. Wells, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x85302

H.G. Wells

by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 20 June 1939
NPG x85302

H.G. Wells, by Walter Stoneman - NPG x165783

H.G. Wells

by Walter Stoneman
bromide print on card mount, October 1943
NPG x165783

H.G. Wells, by Walter Stoneman - NPG x167164

H.G. Wells

by Walter Stoneman
whole-plate glass negative, May 1944
NPG x167164

H.G. Wells, by Walter Stoneman - NPG x167165

H.G. Wells

by Walter Stoneman
whole-plate glass negative, May 1944
NPG x167165

H.G. Wells, by Walter Stoneman - NPG x167166

H.G. Wells

by Walter Stoneman
whole-plate glass negative, May 1944
NPG x167166

H.G. Wells, by Walter Stoneman - NPG x167167

H.G. Wells

by Walter Stoneman
whole-plate glass negative, May 1944
NPG x167167

H.G. Wells, by Ronald Procter - NPG x138118

H.G. Wells

by Ronald Procter
bromide print, 8 March 1945
NPG x138118

H.G. Wells, by Elliott & Fry - NPG x81970

H.G. Wells

by Elliott & Fry
half-plate negative
NPG x81970

H.G. Wells, by William Rothenstein - NPG D37641

H.G. Wells

by William Rothenstein
lithograph, 1904
NPG D37641

H.G. Wells, by William Rothenstein - NPG D20902

H.G. Wells

by William Rothenstein
lithograph, 1904
NPG D20902

H.G. Wells, after Sir David Low - NPG D4529

H.G. Wells

after Sir David Low
photolithograph, circa 1920-1928
NPG D4529

H.G. Wells, after Sir David Low - NPG D4734

H.G. Wells

after Sir David Low
photolithograph, circa 1920-1928
NPG D4734

H.G. Wells, after Sir David Low - NPG D4735

H.G. Wells

after Sir David Low
photolithograph, circa 1920-1928
NPG D4735

'Dean Inge, by his articles in a well-known journal, forfeits his amateur status', by Robert Stewart Sherriffs - NPG D18344

'Dean Inge, by his articles in a well-known journal, forfeits his amateur status'

by Robert Stewart Sherriffs
ink and crayon, 1928-1931
NPG D18344

H.G. Wells; George Bernard Shaw, by Mark Wayner (Weiner) - NPG D23327

H.G. Wells; George Bernard Shaw

by Mark Wayner (Weiner)
lithograph, published 1931
NPG D23327

Herbert George Wells, by Unknown photographer, issued by Carreras Tobacco Company - NPG D49316

Herbert George Wells

by Unknown photographer, issued by Carreras Tobacco Company
colour relief halftone cigarette card, 1935
NPG D49316

H.G. Wells, by Stefan Mrozewski - NPG D4434

H.G. Wells

by Stefan Mrozewski
wood engraving, 1935
NPG D4434

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