Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners
(1883-1950), Musician, artist and writerSitter associated with 29 portraits
A composer, author and artist, Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson succeeded his uncle to the title of Baron Berners in 1918. Educated at Eton, he became an honorary attaché to the embassies at Constantinople (1909-11) and Rome (1911-19). He wrote five humorous novels and two volumes of autobiography, and supplied music for ballet, including Diaghilev and three scores for the Sadler's Wells Ballet Company. His music, like his writing, is characterised by his humour and gift for pastiche. He was a painter of landscapes in particular.
Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners
by William Rothenstein
sanguine and white chalk, 1923
NPG 4380
Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners
by Rex Whistler
oil on artist board, 1929
NPG 5050
Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners
by Bertram Park
vintage bromide print, 1939
NPG P458
Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 12 March 1920
NPG x18550
Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 12 March 1920
NPG x18551
Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 12 March 1920
NPG x18552
Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners
by Herbert Lambert
photogravure, circa 1922
NPG Ax7752
Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1923
NPG x162225
Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1924
NPG Ax141718
Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners; Walter James Redfern Turner
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1924
NPG Ax141719
Walter James Redfern Turner; Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, July 1924
NPG Ax141726
Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners; Siegfried Sassoon; Julian Vinogradoff (née Morrell)
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1926
NPG Ax142436
Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners; Siegfried Sassoon
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1926
NPG Ax142437
Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners
by Unknown photographer, after Baroness Catherine d'Erlanger
gelatin silver print, 1930s
NPG Ax105828
Rex Whistler; Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners; Oliver Messel; Cecil Beaton
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, 1931
NPG x40681
Lady Ottoline Morrell at Ashcombe
possibly by Cecil Beaton
vintage snapshot print, Summer 1933
NPG Ax143590
Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate film negative, 28 February 1935
NPG x19253
Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate film negative, 28 February 1935
NPG x19254
Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate film negative, 28 February 1935
NPG x19255
Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate film negative, 28 February 1935
NPG x19256
Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners
by Gordon Anthony
modern bromide print from original negative, 1937
NPG x38422
Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners; Gertrude Stein
by Gordon Anthony
modern bromide print from original negative, 1937
NPG x44789
Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print on white card mount, 1943
NPG x14025
Sir Frederick Ashton; Constant Lambert; Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners
by Unknown photographer
gelatin silver print, 1945
NPG x198420
Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners
by Bill Brandt
bromide print, variant of photography published in Harper's Bazaar December 1944
NPG P186
Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners
by Herbert Lambert
photogravure, circa 1922
NPG x76940
Penelope (née Chetwode), Lady Betjeman; Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners
by Fox Photos Ltd
bromide print, 4 July 1938
NPG x44621
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