G.K. Chesterton
(1874-1936), Poet, novelist and criticGilbert Keith ('G.K.') Chesterton
Sitter in 75 portraits
Essayist, critic, novelist and poet, the creator of Father Brown.
by James Craig Annan
sepia platinotype, 1912
NPG P1129
by Herbert Lambert
gelatin silver print, 1920s
NPG P1318
by Theodore Spicer-Simson
plasticine medallion, circa 1922
NPG 2045
by Maria Petrie (née Zimmern)
bronze bust, 1926
NPG 3240
by Howard Coster
toned semi-matt print, 1926
NPG P713
Conversation piece (G.K. Chesterton; Maurice Baring; Hilaire Belloc)
by Sir James Gunn
oil on canvas, 1932
NPG 3654
by Alvin Langdon Coburn
photogravure, 12 August 1904
NPG x87253
by Alvin Langdon Coburn
photogravure, 12 August 1904
NPG Ax7769
by E.H. Mills
bromide print, published 1909
NPG x134952
G.K. Chesterton and Peter Hubert Walter Oldershaw
by Roberts
bromide print, 1910s
NPG x127166
G.K. Chesterton; Frances Alice Chesterton (née Blogg) and Peter Hubert Walter Oldershaw
by Roberts
bromide print, 1910s
NPG x127167
by James Craig Annan
carbon print, 1912
NPG x6021
by James Craig Annan
carbon print, 1912
NPG x6022
by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG Ax39217
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