Edward Thomas
(1878-1917), Poet and criticSitter in 6 portraits
The oldest of the war poets to enlist, in the Artists' Rifles, Thomas was already an established author, critic and journalist, and much of his work was inspired by rural England, as in The South Country (1909); encouraged to write poetry by his friend Robert Frost, his war poems, including In Memoriam, Easter 1915, were published and widely acclaimed after his death, killed by a shell-blast in Arras.
by Frederick Henry Evans
bromide print, circa 1904
NPG P476
by Ernest Henry Thomas
pencil, 1905
NPG 2892
by E.O. Hoppé
modern print on sepia-toned Veribrom paper, 1911
NPG x132915
by Robin Craig Guthrie
linocut, after 1917
NPG D7663
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