Joseph Conrad

Sitterback to top

• Joseph Conrad (1857-1924), Novelist. Sitter in 18 portraits.

Artistback to top

• George Charles Beresford (1864-1938), Photographer. Artist associated with 383 portraits, Sitter in 2 portraits.

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This portrait was made the year Conrad completed the novel Nostromo, a story of corruption in the fictitious South American republic of Costaguana. Exhausted by this 'intense creative effort', Conrad wrote that he had neglected the 'common joys of life' for twenty months. Beresford took many portraits of writers and artists, which appeared in the leading illustrated periodicals of the day.

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• Joseph Conrad (28 September 2007 - 12 February 2008)