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Ralph Vaughan Williams

(1872-1958), Composer

Sitter in 34 portraits
Vaughan Williams studied with Parry at the Royal College of Music, with Brüch in Berlin and Ravel in Paris. He was a leading figure, with Holst, in the folk-song revival and shifted the course of English-language hymnody with his English Hymnal (1906). Teacher of Composition at the Royal College of Music (1919-39), he established a native school of music based on choral and ballad traditions. He composed nine symphonies, operas, ballets, chamber music, and secular and religious vocal music. Notable works include: A Sea Symphony (1910), based on Walt Whitman's poems, A London Symphony (1914) and The Lark Ascending (1914-20). His score for the film Scott of the Antarctic became the Sinfonia Antarctica (1952).

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Ralph Vaughan Williams, by Sibella Bonham-Carter - NPG 5022

Ralph Vaughan Williams

by Sibella Bonham-Carter
watercolour and pencil, 1928
NPG 5022

Ralph Vaughan Williams, by Joy Finzi (Joyce Amy) - NPG 4086

Ralph Vaughan Williams

by Joy Finzi (Joyce Amy)
pencil and chalk, 1947
NPG 4086

Ralph Vaughan Williams, by Yousuf Karsh - NPG P490(81)

Ralph Vaughan Williams

by Yousuf Karsh
bromide print, 1949
NPG P490(81)

Ralph Vaughan Williams, by Yousuf Karsh - NPG P490(82)

Ralph Vaughan Williams

by Yousuf Karsh
bromide print, 1949
NPG P490(82)

Ralph Vaughan Williams, by David McFall - NPG 4088

Ralph Vaughan Williams

by David McFall
bronze head, 1958, based on a work of 1956
NPG 4088

Ralph Vaughan Williams, by Sir Gerald Kelly - NPG 4829

Ralph Vaughan Williams

by Sir Gerald Kelly
oil on canvas, 1958-1961
On display in Room 28 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 4829

Ralph Vaughan Williams, by Douglas Glass - NPG x33970

Ralph Vaughan Williams

by Douglas Glass
vintage bromide print, 7 August 1949
NPG x33970

Ralph Vaughan Williams, by Norman Parkinson - NPG x30012

Ralph Vaughan Williams

by Norman Parkinson
bromide print on card mount, 1951
NPG x30012

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Ralph Vaughan Williams

by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass copy negative, August 1949 (January 1936)
NPG x190218

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Ralph Vaughan Williams

by Howard Coster
35mm negative, 1940s
NPG x19700

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