(Basil) Kingsley Martin
(1897-1969), Journalist and writerSitter in 14 portraits
Journalist and editor. Wrote leaders for the Manchester Guardian (1927-30); editor of New Statesman (1931-60), quadrupling the circulation and transforming a weekly of limited appeal into a political organ of worldwide influence; co-founder and joint editor of Political Quarterly; publications include The Triumph of Lord Palmerston (1924) and Father Figures (1966).
by Sir David Low
pencil, 1932
NPG 4529(232)
by Sir David Low
pencil, 1949 or before
NPG 4529(233)
by Sir David Low
pencil, 1949 or before
NPG 4529(234)
by Daniel Farson
bromide print, 1950s
NPG P289
by Laurence Henderson Bradshaw
chalk, 1960
NPG 5528
by Herbert K. Nolan
bromide print, 1950s
NPG x24804
by Herbert K. Nolan
bromide print, 1950s
NPG x24805
by Elliott & Fry
bromide print
NPG x90537
after Sir David Low
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 16 April 1949
NPG D43347
by Navana Vandyk
pastel, 1950s
NPG D22553
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 30 September 1949
NPG x190336
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 30 September 1949
NPG x190337
by Rex Coleman, for Baron Studios
5 x 4 inch film negative, 28 November 1963
NPG x191772
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