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Herbert K. Nolan

(1909-), Photographer

Artist of 17 portraits

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(Basil) Kingsley Martin, by Herbert K. Nolan - NPG x24804

(Basil) Kingsley Martin

by Herbert K. Nolan
bromide print, 1950s
NPG x24804

(Basil) Kingsley Martin, by Herbert K. Nolan - NPG x24805

(Basil) Kingsley Martin

by Herbert K. Nolan
bromide print, 1950s
NPG x24805

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, by Herbert K. Nolan - NPG x198369

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by Herbert K. Nolan
gelatin silver print, 1950s
NPG x198369

Sir Robert Mayer and Dorothy Moulton-Mayer, by Herbert K. Nolan - NPG x24197

Sir Robert Mayer and Dorothy Moulton-Mayer

by Herbert K. Nolan
bromide print, November 1952
NPG x24197

Jimmy Edwards; Alma Cogan, by Herbert K. Nolan - NPG x24191

Jimmy Edwards; Alma Cogan

by Herbert K. Nolan
semi-matte bromide print, November 1953
NPG x24191

Douglas Fairbanks Jr, by Herbert K. Nolan - NPG x24192

Douglas Fairbanks Jr

by Herbert K. Nolan
bromide print, 1956
NPG x24192

Douglas Fairbanks Jr, by Herbert K. Nolan - NPG x24193

Douglas Fairbanks Jr

by Herbert K. Nolan
bromide print, January 1956
NPG x24193

Tony Hancock, by Herbert K. Nolan - NPG x24194

Tony Hancock

by Herbert K. Nolan
bromide print, 1956
NPG x24194

Desmond Morris with Congo, by Herbert K. Nolan - NPG x24198

Desmond Morris with Congo

by Herbert K. Nolan
bromide print, 24 July 1956
NPG x24198

Graham Stark; Richard Lester; Peter Sellers, by Herbert K. Nolan - NPG x24199

Graham Stark; Richard Lester; Peter Sellers

by Herbert K. Nolan
bromide print, April 1956
NPG x24199

John Rothenstein; Francis Bacon, by Herbert K. Nolan - NPG x24190

John Rothenstein; Francis Bacon

by Herbert K. Nolan
bromide print, March 1957
NPG x24190

Somerset Maugham, by Herbert K. Nolan - NPG x24800

Somerset Maugham

by Herbert K. Nolan
bromide print, October 1958
NPG x24800

Somerset Maugham, by Herbert K. Nolan - NPG x24801

Somerset Maugham

by Herbert K. Nolan
bromide print, October 1958
NPG x24801

Somerset Maugham, by Herbert K. Nolan - NPG x24802

Somerset Maugham

by Herbert K. Nolan
bromide print, October 1958
NPG x24802

Somerset Maugham, by Herbert K. Nolan - NPG x24803

Somerset Maugham

by Herbert K. Nolan
bromide print, October 1958
NPG x24803

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Cicely J.E. Romanis; Tony Hancock

by Herbert K. Nolan
bromide print, May 1956
NPG x24195

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Cicely J.E. Romanis; Tony Hancock

by Herbert K. Nolan
bromide print, May 1956
NPG x24196

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