Lord David Cecil
(1902-1986), Scholar, teacher and writerSitter in 74 portraits
Scholar and biographer; A Fellow and Lecturer in Modern History at Wadham College in the 1920s, Cecil left academic life in 1930 to devote himself to writing biography and criticism. He returned and was Professor of English Literature at New College, Oxford University (1948-69); His works include a study of William Cowper, The Stricken Deer (1929), Jane Austen (1935) and two volumes on Lord Melbourne (1939, 1954).
by Howard Coster
bromide print, 1939
NPG x1776
by Howard Coster
bromide print, 1939
NPG x1777
by Howard Coster
bromide print, 1939
NPG x1778
by Howard Coster
bromide print, 1939
NPG x1779
by Howard Coster
bromide print, 1939
NPG x1780
by Howard Coster
bromide print, 1939
NPG x1781
by Howard Coster
bromide print, 1939
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by Howard Coster
bromide print, 1939
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by Howard Coster
bromide print, 1939
NPG x10657
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1939
NPG x10614
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1939
NPG x10615
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1939
NPG x10616
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1939
NPG x10617
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1939
NPG x10618
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1939
NPG x10619
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1939
NPG x10620
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1939
NPG x10621
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1939
NPG x10622
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1939
NPG x10623
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1939
NPG x10624
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