Evelyn Waugh
(1903-1966), NovelistSitter associated with 53 portraits
Novelist famed for his satirical observations and black humour in works such as Vile Bodies (1930) and Scoop (1938). Waugh wrote the romantically nostalgic Brideshead Revisited (1945) and a trilogy of war novels Sword of Honour (1952-61).
Unknown man, formerly known as Evelyn Waugh
by Unknown artist
oil on canvas, circa 1918-1919
NPG 5218
by Howard Coster
bromide print, 1930
NPG Ax136101
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1930
NPG x14410
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1930
NPG x14411
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1930
NPG x14416
by Howard Coster
vintage print, circa 1940
NPG x194331
by Howard Coster
quarter-plate film negative, 1942
NPG x14408
Evelyn Waugh still life composition
by Yevonde
bromide print, 4 February 1948
On display at The Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
NPG x29852
by Yevonde
matte bromide print on velvet card mount, 4 February 1948
NPG x13964
Related People
- (Maria) Teresa D'Arms (née Waugh) (daughter)
- Margaret ('Meg') Fitzherbert (née Waugh) (daughter)
- Veronica Keeling (née Waugh) (niece)
- Evelyn Florence Margaret Winifred Nightingale (née Gardner, formerly Waugh) (wife)
- Alexander Raban ('Alec') Waugh (brother)
- Andrew Alexander Waugh (nephew)
- Auberon Alexander Waugh (son)
- Harriet Mary ('Hatty') Waugh (daughter)
- James Waugh (son)
- Laura Waugh (née Herbert) (wife)
- Septimus Waugh (son)
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