Sir Henry John Newbolt
(1862-1938), PoetSitter in 15 portraits
Poet and man of letters. Newbolt published his first edition of poetry while practising law. His most famous of his nautical poems 'Drake's Drum' published in Admirals All and Other Verses (1897); wrote two volumes of the official History of the Great War: Naval Operations (1923); active in public service; knighted, 1915; created CH, 1922; Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery (1928-37).
by Theodore Spicer-Simson
plasticine medallion, circa 1922
NPG 2054
by George Charles Beresford
bromide print, 1900s-1910s
NPG x21507
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1917
NPG x186827
by Walter Stoneman
negative, 1917
NPG x24094
by Lafayette
whole-plate film negative, 5 June 1926
NPG x37008
by William Strang
etching, 1898
NPG D38711
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