Hilaire Belloc
(1870-1953), Author and poet(Joseph) Hilaire Pierre Belloc
Sitter associated with 17 portraits
Poet, editor, journalist and author of biographies, topographical works, political novels, histories and much writing in the Roman Catholic cause. Born in France, Belloc became a naturalized British citizen in 1902 and was Liberal MP for South Salford (1906-10). Among his best-loved poems are those in the Bad Child's Book of Beasts (1898) and Cautionary Tales (1907).
by T. & R. Annan & Sons
vintage bromide print, 1910
NPG P21
Unknown man, formerly known as Hilaire Belloc
by Unknown artist
oil on millboard, 1920s or 1930s?
NPG 4341
by Bernard Partridge
pencil, published in Punch 17 August 1927
NPG 3664
Conversation piece (G.K. Chesterton; Maurice Baring; Hilaire Belloc)
by Sir James Gunn
oil on canvas, 1932
NPG 3654
by Daphne Pollen (née Baring)
chalk, 1932
NPG 4008
by John Gay
vintage bromide print, 1948
NPG P700
by George Charles Beresford
vintage print, 17 January 1904
NPG x707
by George Charles Beresford
sepia platinotype, 17 January 1904
NPG x708
by Alvin Langdon Coburn
photogravure, 20 January 1908
NPG x87252
by Alvin Langdon Coburn
photogravure, 20 January 1908
NPG Ax7784
Hilaire Belloc; G.K. Chesterton and an unknown man
possibly by Paul Laib
vintage print, 1932
NPG x38279
by John Gay
vintage bromide print, 1948
NPG x47310
by John Gay
bromide print, 1948
NPG x47291
by John Gay
bromide print, 1948
NPG x47307
after Sir David Low
relief halftone, published 17 April 1926
NPG D4524
after E.O. Hoppé
colour offset lithographic cigarette card, 1937
NPG D42388
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