Sheila Kaye-Smith
(1887-1956), WriterSitter in 12 portraits
Kaye-Smith's most popular novels Green Apple Harvest (1920) and Joanna Godden (1921) portray the farming communities, landscapes and dialect of her native county, Sussex - later parodied by Stella Gibbons in the comic novel Cold Comfort Farm (1932). Kaye-Smith combined writing thirty-one novels with teaching the running of a farm with her husband. Her most enduring works are two studies of Jane Austen written in collaboration with the author G.B. Stern.
by Elliott & Fry
bromide print, 1920s
NPG x90081
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1930
NPG x19511
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1930
NPG x19512
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1930
NPG x19513
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1930
NPG x19514
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1930
NPG x19515
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1930
NPG x19516
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1930
NPG x19517
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1930
NPG x19518
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1930
NPG x19519
after Unknown artist
colour offset lithographic cigarette card, 1937
NPG D42404
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