W.H. Auden
(1907-1973), PoetWystan Hugh ('W.H.') Auden
Sitter in 44 portraits
The third son of a doctor and a missionary nurse, Wystan Hugh Auden grew up in Solihull and described his early advantages as 'good genes and good education'. He is best known for his poems of the 1930s and 1940s (Poems, 1930, Look, Stranger!, 1936, For the Time Being, 1945) and for his collaborations with Christopher Isherwood (The Dog Beneath the Skin, 1935, The Ascent of F6, 1936, On the Frontier, 1938). His later publications included The Sea and the Mirror (1944) and The Shield of Achilles (1955). He travelled to Barcelona to support the Republican cause.
by James Soame
bromide print, 1926
NPG P417
by Cecil Beaton
vintage bromide print on white card mount, 1930
NPG P869(3)
copy by E. Maurice Feild
lithographic print, 1982, based on a work of 1935
NPG 5544
copy by E. Maurice Feild
lithographic print, 1982, based on a work of 1935
NPG 5543
School photograph including John Bicknell Auden; John Lea Nevinson and W.H. Auden
by Elliott & Fry
bromide print, circa 1917
NPG x25119
by Alec Bangham
modern bromide print from original negative, 1935
NPG x133302
W.H. Auden; Sir William Menzies Coldstream; Benjamin Britten
by Unknown photographer
snapshot print, 1937
NPG x15191
W.H. Auden; Hedli Anderson; Sir William Menzies Coldstream
by Unknown photographer
snapshot print, 1937
NPG x15192
by Howard Coster
black and white glossy print, 1937
NPG x134
W.H. Auden; Christopher Isherwood; Stephen Spender
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1937
NPG x2947
W.H. Auden; Christopher Isherwood; Stephen Spender
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1937
NPG x2948
W.H. Auden; Christopher Isherwood; Stephen Spender
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1937
NPG x2949
W.H. Auden; Christopher Isherwood; Stephen Spender
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1937
NPG x2950
W.H. Auden; Christopher Isherwood; Stephen Spender
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1937
NPG x2951
W.H. Auden; Christopher Isherwood; Stephen Spender
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1937
NPG x2952
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1937
NPG x3088
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1937
NPG x3089
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1937
NPG x3090
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1937
NPG x3092
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1937
NPG x3093
W.H. Auden; Christopher Isherwood
by Howard Coster
film negative, 1937
NPG x540
W.H. Auden; Christopher Isherwood
by Howard Coster
film negative, 1937
NPG x541
Christopher Isherwood; W.H. Auden
by Keystone Press Agency Ltd
bromide press print, 1938
NPG x137621
Christopher Isherwood; W.H. Auden
by Louise Dahl-Wolfe
toned bromide print, July 1938
NPG x15194
Christopher Isherwood; W.H. Auden
by Louise Dahl-Wolfe
cream-toned bromide print, July 1938
NPG x15195
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, 1941
NPG x15197
by Daniel Farson
vintage contact sheet, 1950s
NPG x46629
The Faber Poets ((Frederick) Louis MacNeice; Ted Hughes; T.S. Eliot; W.H. Auden; Stephen Spender)
by Mark Gerson
modern bromide print, 23 June 1960
NPG x88256
by Mark Gerson
modern bromide print, 23 June 1960
NPG x88203
by Central Press
bromide press print, 22 June 1972
NPG x184157
Wystan Hugh ('W.H.') Auden ('Young Auden')
by Guillermo Martin Bermejo
pencil, 2022
NPG D49711
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