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(Frederick) Louis MacNeice

(1907-1963), Poet

Sitter in 13 portraits
Born in Belfast, he lectured in Classics at Birmingham University and Bedford College, London. He was associated in the 1930s with the poets Auden and Spender. In 1941 he joined the BBC as a scriptwriter. His published works include Autumn Journal (1939), Collected Poems 1925-48 (1949), Solstices (1961), and his autobiography The Strings are False (1966).

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(Frederick) Louis MacNeice

by Nancy Culliford Spender (née Sharp)
oil on canvas, circa 1936
NPG 6628

(Frederick) Louis MacNeice

by Rollie McKenna
bromide print, 1954
NPG P1676

(Frederick) Louis MacNeice

by Howard Coster
nitrate negative, 1942
NPG x1623

(Frederick) Louis MacNeice

by Howard Coster
nitrate negative, 1942
NPG x1624

(Frederick) Louis MacNeice

by Howard Coster
bromide print, 1942
NPG x22811

(Frederick) Louis MacNeice

by Elliott & Fry
bromide print, 1945
NPG x90497

The Faber Poets ((Frederick) Louis MacNeice; Ted Hughes; T.S. Eliot; W.H. Auden; Stephen Spender)

by Mark Gerson
modern bromide print, 23 June 1960
NPG x88256

(Frederick) Louis MacNeice

by Mark Gerson
bromide print, 23 June 1960
NPG x20461

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(Frederick) Louis MacNeice

by Bill Brandt
bromide print on card mount, 1941
NPG x22444

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(Frederick) Louis MacNeice

by Howard Coster
nitrate negative, 1942
NPG x1622

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(Frederick) Louis MacNeice

by Howard Coster
nitrate negative, 1942
NPG x1625

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(Frederick) Louis MacNeice

by Elliott & Fry
half-plate glass negative, 1945
NPG x82179

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(Frederick) Louis MacNeice

by Howard Coster
bromide print
NPG x2005

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Hedli Anderson (Antoinette Millicent Hedley MacNeice (née Anderson)) (wife)

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Belfast

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