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William Alexander Gerhardie

(1895-1977), Novelist and critic

Sitter in 7 portraits
Novelist; born of English parents in Petrograd, during the First World War served there in the British Embassy and with the British military mission in Siberia before going to Oxford University where he wrote the first of many novels, Futility: A Novel on Russian Themes (1922); his best-known work is Polyglots (1925).

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William Alexander Gerhardie

by Howard Coster
bromide print, 1929
NPG Ax136117

William Alexander Gerhardie

by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1929
NPG x13644

William Alexander Gerhardie

by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1929
NPG x13645

William Alexander Gerhardie

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 13 July 1939
NPG x26686

William Alexander Gerhardie

by Luke Kelly
cibachrome print from original transparency, 1970s
NPG x68946

William Alexander Gerhardie

by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 15 December 1961
NPG x171370

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William Alexander Gerhardie

by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 15 December 1961
NPG x171371

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