Clifford Bax
(1886-1962), Dramatist and poetSitter associated with 16 portraits
In his day a celebrated playwright and essayist, Bax was the youngest brother of composer Sir Arnold Bax. His first piece for the commercial theatre was The Poetasters of Ispahan (1912) but it was not until 1923 that he received attention for his reconstruction of John Gay's ballad-opera Polly. Among his most notable plays were Socrates (1930) and The Rose without a Thorn (1932). Other works included his own reminiscences and a biography of cricket legend W.G. Grace (1952).
by Alvin Langdon Coburn, published by Duckworth & Co
collotype, 30 March 1916
NPG Ax7869
by Alvin Langdon Coburn, published by Duckworth & Co
collotype, 30 March 1916
NPG Ax7833
by Oscar Hardee (Oscar Hardee Blyfield), for H. Walter Barnett
vintage bromide print, 1922
NPG x45255
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1940
NPG x2779
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1940
NPG x2780
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1940
NPG x2783
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1940
NPG x2785
by Karl Pollak
chlorobromide print on card mount, circa 1948
NPG x15001
by Norman Parkinson
bromide print on card mount, 1953
NPG x30074
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