Julian Heward Bell with 'Clinker' the dog

Sitterback to top

• Julian Heward Bell (1908-1937), Poet. Sitter in 8 portraits.

Artistback to top

• Unknown photographer. Artist associated with 4585 portraits.

This portraitback to top

Charleston came to represent childhood and the long summer holidays from school; it was the place in which Bell was most happy. He had little vanity, often wearing clothes patched up by his mother. The writer David Garnett described him as 'absolutely unconscious of himself'.

Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top

• The Bloomsbury Poet & The Cambridge Photographer: Julian Bell & Lettice Ramsey (17 September 2012 - 21 April 2013)

Subjects & Themesback to top

• Pets and animals
• Shadows