Cecil Day-Lewis

Sitterback to top

• Cecil Day-Lewis (1904-1972), Poet Laureate. Sitter in 51 portraits.

Artistback to top

• Frank Ernest Halliday (1903-1982). Artist of 1 portrait.

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A scholar specialising in Shakespeare, Frank Earnest Halliday was also an amateur painter and a close friend of Day-Lewis. They met at Cheltenham College, where Halliday was Assistant Master and where Day-Lewis taught (1930-5). The portrait was made in 1936, the year after Day-Lewis left Cheltenham to become a full-time writer.

Linked publicationsback to top

• Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 169

Subjects & Themesback to top

• In profile
• Writing