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James Joyce

(1882-1941), Novelist, poet and playwright

Sitter in 7 portraits
Born in Dublin, Joyce is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential twentieth-century authors. His most significant works are Dubliners (1914), Ulysses (published in Paris in 1922, but banned in the UK until 1936), in which he employed the experimental 'stream of consciousness' technique among other literary styles, and Finnegans Wake (1939).

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James Joyce, by Berenice Abbott - NPG P609

James Joyce

by Berenice Abbott
bromide print, 1926
NPG P609

James Joyce, by Berenice Abbott - NPG P610

James Joyce

by Berenice Abbott
vintage bromide print, 1926
NPG P610

James Joyce, by Berenice Abbott - NPG P1310

James Joyce

by Berenice Abbott
gelatin silver print, 1928
NPG P1310

James Joyce, by Renée Mendel - NPG 5883

James Joyce

by Renée Mendel
wooden statuette, 1934
NPG 5883

James Joyce, by Jacques-Emile Blanche - NPG 3883

James Joyce

by Jacques-Emile Blanche
oil on canvas, 1935
On display in Room 31 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 3883

James Joyce, by Gisèle Freund - NPG P435

James Joyce

by Gisèle Freund
colour print, 1939
NPG P435

James Joyce, after Wyndham Lewis - NPG D32948

James Joyce

after Wyndham Lewis
lithograph, published 1932 (1920)
NPG D32948

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