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
NPG 3582
Thomas Hardy with Thomas Henry Tilley
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
NPG 3583
by Hamo Thornycroft
bronze head, 1917
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by William Strang
pencil, 1919
NPG 1922
by Theodore Spicer-Simson
plasticine medallion, 1921
NPG 2050
by Theodore Spicer-Simson
electrotype, 1921
NPG 6968
by Walter William Ouless
oil on canvas, 1922
NPG 2181
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1923
NPG 3464
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1923
NPG 3581
by Reginald Grenville Eves
oil on canvas, 1923
NPG 2498
by Herbert Rose Barraud, published by Eglington & Co
carbon print, published 1889
NPG Ax5452
by Herbert Rose Barraud, published by Eglington & Co
carbon print, published 1889
NPG x17355
by W. & D. Downey, published by Cassell & Company, Ltd
carbon print, published 1894
NPG Ax27917
by W. & D. Downey
carbon print, 1894
NPG x17360
by W. & D. Downey
carbon print, published 1894
NPG x17362
by Francis Henry Hart, for Elliott & Fry, published by Ogden's
cigarette card, 1894, published circa 1895-1907
NPG x136531
by Clive Holland
glossy bromide print, 1900s
NPG x17358
by Clive Holland
glossy bromide print, 1900s
NPG x17357
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 17 July 1908
NPG x44711
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 17 July 1908
NPG x44712
'Luncheon Party at the House of Commons'
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 17 July 1908
NPG x135013
'Luncheon Party at the House of Commons'
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 17 July 1908
NPG x135569
'Luncheon Party at the House of Commons'
probably by Roland Parker Stone, for Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 17 July 1908
NPG x135567
by H. Walter Barnett
whole-plate glass negative, 1909
NPG x81690
by H. Walter Barnett
whole-plate glass negative, 1909
NPG x81691
by H. Walter Barnett
whole-plate glass negative, 1909
NPG x81692
by H. Walter Barnett
whole-plate glass negative, 1909
NPG x81693
by H. Walter Barnett
whole-plate glass negative, 1909
NPG x81694
by H. Walter Barnett
whole-plate glass negative, 1909
NPG x81695
by H. Walter Barnett
whole-plate glass negative, 1909
NPG x81696
by H. Walter Barnett
whole-plate glass negative, 1909
NPG x81697
by H. Walter Barnett
whole-plate glass negative, 1909
NPG x81698
by H. Walter Barnett
whole-plate glass negative, 1909
NPG x81699
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, 1910s
NPG x194098
by Alvin Langdon Coburn, published by Duckworth & Co
collotype, 13 October 1913
NPG Ax7845
by Olive Edis
bromide print, 1913
NPG x137570
by Alvin Langdon Coburn, published by Duckworth & Co
collotype, 13 October 1913
NPG Ax7809
by Olive Edis
sepia-toned platinotype, 1914
NPG x13494
by Olive Edis
bromide print, 1914
NPG x17363
by Olive Edis
whole-plate autochrome, 1914
NPG x7186
by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG Ax46127
by Olive Edis
bromide print, 1923
NPG x17356
by Olive Edis
platinotype on cream card mount, 1923
NPG x5190
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, late 1924
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by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, late 1924
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by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, late 1924
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by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, late 1924
NPG Ax141848
'Thomas Hardy sees flying matinee of 'The Mayor of Casterbridge' at Weymouth'
by Central News Ltd
vintage print, 20 September 1926
NPG x135628
Sir Edmund William Gosse; Thomas Hardy
by William Bellows
cream-toned bromide print, 29 June 1927
NPG x17364
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
bromide print
NPG x17359
by Unknown photographer
photogravure
NPG x17361
Thomas Hardy ('Men of the Day. No. 540.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 4 June 1892
NPG D44597
by William Strang, printed by David Strang
etching, 1896
NPG D35424
by William Strang, printed by David Strang
drypoint, 1910
NPG D35423
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