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Stephen Tennant

(1906-1987), Poet, decorator and aesthete

Sitter in 12 portraits

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Stephen Tennant, by Unknown photographer - NPG x132856

Stephen Tennant

by Unknown photographer
vintage bromide print, early 1910s
NPG x132856

Stephen Tennant; Pamela Grey (née Wyndham, later Lady Glenconner), Viscountess Grey of Fallodon, by Unknown photographer - NPG x132857

Stephen Tennant; Pamela Grey (née Wyndham, later Lady Glenconner), Viscountess Grey of Fallodon

by Unknown photographer
cream-toned vintage bromide print, 1916
NPG x132857

Stephen Tennant, by Janet Jevons - NPG x132858

Stephen Tennant

by Janet Jevons
vintage bromide print on photographer's card mount, circa 1920
NPG x132858

Stephen Tennant, by Janet Jevons - NPG x132859

Stephen Tennant

by Janet Jevons
vintage bromide print on photographer's card mount, circa 1920
NPG x132859

Stephen Tennant, by Foulsham & Banfield - NPG x132860

Stephen Tennant

by Foulsham & Banfield
vintage bromide print on photographer's card mount, 1920-1925
NPG x132860

Stephen Tennant, by Foulsham & Banfield - NPG x132861

Stephen Tennant

by Foulsham & Banfield
cream-toned bromide print on card mount, 1920-1925
NPG x132861

Stephen Tennant, by Foulsham & Banfield - NPG x132862

Stephen Tennant

by Foulsham & Banfield
cream-toned bromide print on card mount, 1920-1925
NPG x132862

Cecil Beaton; Stephen Tennant, by Maurice Beck and Helen Macgregor - NPG x40415

Cecil Beaton; Stephen Tennant

by Maurice Beck and Helen Macgregor
cream-toned vintage bromide print, 1927
NPG x40415

Cecil Beaton and his friends, by Cecil Beaton - NPG x40409

Cecil Beaton and his friends

by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, October 1927
NPG x40409

Stephen Tennant as Prince Charming, by Cecil Beaton - NPG x40379

Stephen Tennant as Prince Charming

by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, 1927
NPG x40379

Stephen Tennant, by Madame Yevonde - NPG x132863

Stephen Tennant

by Madame Yevonde
bromide print, 1940s
NPG x132863

Stephen Tennant, by Ida Kar - NPG x199680

Stephen Tennant

by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, late 1950s
NPG x199680

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