Thomas Hardy
(1840-1928), Novelist and poetSitter in 60 portraits
One of the last great novelists of the nineteenth century, who combined realism with a critical view of Victorian society. Hardy's writing centred on tragic characters whose lives are played out against rural landscapes, closely based on his native Dorset. He trained as an architect and wrote in his spare time until the success of Far from the Madding Crowd (1874). Other major works include The Return of the Native (1878), Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1891), The Dynasts (1904-8) and the poetry volume, Satires of Circumstance (1914).
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
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by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
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by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
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Thomas Hardy with Thomas Henry Tilley
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
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by William Strang
oil on panel, 1893
On display in the Room 28 wallcase at the National Portrait Gallery
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by Theodore Spicer-Simson
plasticine medallion, 1921
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by Theodore Spicer-Simson
electrotype, 1921
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by Walter William Ouless
oil on canvas, 1922
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by Reginald Grenville Eves
oil on canvas, 1923
On display in Room 31 at the National Portrait Gallery
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by Herbert Rose Barraud, published by Eglington & Co
carbon print, published 1889
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by Herbert Rose Barraud, published by Eglington & Co
carbon print, published 1889
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by W. & D. Downey, published by Cassell & Company, Ltd
carbon print, published 1894
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by W. & D. Downey
carbon print, published 1894
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by Francis Henry Hart, for Elliott & Fry, published by Ogden's
cigarette card, 1894, published circa 1895-1907
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by Clive Holland
glossy bromide print, 1900s
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by Clive Holland
glossy bromide print, 1900s
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by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 17 July 1908
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by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 17 July 1908
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'Luncheon Party at the House of Commons'
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 17 July 1908
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'Luncheon Party at the House of Commons'
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 17 July 1908
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'Luncheon Party at the House of Commons'
probably by Roland Parker Stone, for Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 17 July 1908
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by H. Walter Barnett
whole-plate glass negative, 1909
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by H. Walter Barnett
whole-plate glass negative, 1909
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by H. Walter Barnett
whole-plate glass negative, 1909
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by H. Walter Barnett
whole-plate glass negative, 1909
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by H. Walter Barnett
whole-plate glass negative, 1909
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by H. Walter Barnett
whole-plate glass negative, 1909
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by H. Walter Barnett
whole-plate glass negative, 1909
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by H. Walter Barnett
whole-plate glass negative, 1909
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by H. Walter Barnett
whole-plate glass negative, 1909
NPG x81698
by H. Walter Barnett
whole-plate glass negative, 1909
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by Unknown photographer
bromide print, 1910s
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by Alvin Langdon Coburn, published by Duckworth & Co
collotype, 13 October 1913
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Links
- Athelhampton House, Dorchester, Dorset
- Blue plaque, 172 Trinity Road, Tooting, London SW17 7HT
- Blue plaque, The Adelphi Terrace, Charing Cross, London WC2N 6BJ
- Dorset County Museum, Dorchester, Dorset
- Hardy's Cottage, Higher Bockhampton, Dorset
- The Thomas Hardy Society
- Thomas Hardy in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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