Joseph Conrad

Sitterback to top

• Joseph Conrad (1857-1924), Novelist. Sitter in 17 portraits.

Artistback to top

• Sir Jacob Epstein (1880-1959), Sculptor. Artist of 14 portraits, Sitter associated with 66 portraits.

This portraitback to top

Of Polish parentage, Conrad became a seaman, and voyaged widely in the East, the setting for many of his most famous novels. He became a British subject in 1886, settled in England in 1894 and devoted himself to literature. He slowly established himself as one of the greatest of all English-speaking novelists, with Lord Jim (1900), Nostromo (1904), and Under Western Eyes (1911).

Linked publicationsback to top

• Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 140

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• On display at the Gallery
• Sculptures