Joseph Conrad
(1857-1924), NovelistSitter in 23 portraits
Polish-British writer; became a seaman, and voyaged widely in the East, the setting for many of his most famous novels. Conrad became a British subject in 1886, settled in England in 1894 and devoted himself to literature. He is considered one of the greatest English-language novelists, whose principal works include Lord Jim (1900), Nostromo (1904) and Under Western Eyes (1911).
by Theodore Spicer-Simson
bronze medallion, 1921
NPG 6966
by Walter Tittle
oil on canvas, 1923-1924
NPG 2220
by James Craig Annan
chlorobromide print, 1923
NPG P1130
by George Charles Beresford
sepia-toned platinotype, 1904
NPG x6360
by Unknown photographer
bromide postcard print, mid 1910s
NPG x3714
by William A. Cadby
half-plate glass negative, 1914
NPG x4340
by Alvin Langdon Coburn, published by Duckworth & Co
collotype, 11 March 1916, published 1922
NPG Ax7868
by Alvin Langdon Coburn, published by Duckworth & Co
collotype, 11 March 1916, published 1922
NPG Ax7832
by International Newsreel
bromide print, May 1923
NPG x194070
after Tom Titt
relief halftone, probably published 1912
NPG D45867
Joseph Conrad listening to music
by Sir Muirhead Bone
drypoint, 1923
NPG D34076
after Sir David Low
photogravure, September 1923; published 13 February 1926
NPG D45868
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