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Sylvester Govett Gates

(1901-1972), Son of Walter George Gates

Sitter in 16 portraits

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Anthony Asquith; Sylvester Govett Gates; Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson; Charles Percy Sanger, by Lady Ottoline Morrell - NPG Ax141291

Anthony Asquith; Sylvester Govett Gates; Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson; Charles Percy Sanger

by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1922
NPG Ax141291

Jean de Menasce; L.P. Hartley; Sylvester Govett Gates; Bob Gathorne-Hardy and an unknown man, by Lady Ottoline Morrell - NPG Ax141395

Jean de Menasce; L.P. Hartley; Sylvester Govett Gates; Bob Gathorne-Hardy and an unknown man

by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1923
NPG Ax141395

Anthony Asquith; Sylvester Govett Gates, by Lady Ottoline Morrell - NPG Ax141424

Anthony Asquith; Sylvester Govett Gates

by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1923
NPG Ax141424

Bob Gathorne-Hardy; Anthony Asquith; Sylvester Govett Gates, by Lady Ottoline Morrell - NPG Ax141426

Bob Gathorne-Hardy; Anthony Asquith; Sylvester Govett Gates

by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1923
NPG Ax141426

'Sunday Afternoon', by Lady Ottoline Morrell - NPG Ax141427

'Sunday Afternoon'

by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1923
NPG Ax141427

'Sunday Afternoon', by Lady Ottoline Morrell - NPG Ax141428

'Sunday Afternoon'

by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1923
NPG Ax141428

Lord David Cecil; L.P. Hartley; Virginia Woolf; Anthony Asquith; Sylvester Govett Gates, by Lady Ottoline Morrell - NPG Ax141457

Lord David Cecil; L.P. Hartley; Virginia Woolf; Anthony Asquith; Sylvester Govett Gates

by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, June 1923
NPG Ax141457

Sylvester Govett Gates; Archibald Lucas; Igor Vinogradoff; Sir Roy Harrod, by Lady Ottoline Morrell - NPG Ax141493

Sylvester Govett Gates; Archibald Lucas; Igor Vinogradoff; Sir Roy Harrod

by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, March 1924
NPG Ax141493

Group including Julian Morrell and Igor Vinogradoff, by Lady Ottoline Morrell - NPG Ax141495

Group including Julian Morrell and Igor Vinogradoff

by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, March 1924
NPG Ax141495

Sir Maurice Bowra; Sylvester Govett Gates; L.P. Hartley, by Lady Ottoline Morrell - NPG Ax141548

Sir Maurice Bowra; Sylvester Govett Gates; L.P. Hartley

by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1924
NPG Ax141548

William Henry Smith, 3rd Viscount Hambleden; Kyrle Leng; Peter Ralli; Sir Maurice Bowra; Sylvester Govett Gates, by Lady Ottoline Morrell - NPG Ax141550

William Henry Smith, 3rd Viscount Hambleden; Kyrle Leng; Peter Ralli; Sir Maurice Bowra; Sylvester Govett Gates

by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1924
NPG Ax141550

Sir Maurice Bowra; Sylvester Govett Gates; Igor Vinogradoff; L.P. Hartley; Kyrle Leng, by Lady Ottoline Morrell - NPG Ax141557

Sir Maurice Bowra; Sylvester Govett Gates; Igor Vinogradoff; L.P. Hartley; Kyrle Leng

by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1924
NPG Ax141557

Elizabeth (née Asquith), Princess Bibesco; Sylvester Govett Gates, by Lady Ottoline Morrell - NPG Ax141581

Elizabeth (née Asquith), Princess Bibesco; Sylvester Govett Gates

by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1924
NPG Ax141581

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Sylvester Govett Gates

by Elliott & Fry
bromide print, 1950
NPG x89362

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Sylvester Govett Gates

by Elliott & Fry
whole-plate glass negative, 1950
NPG x99789

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Sylvester Govett Gates

by Elliott & Fry
whole-plate glass negative, 1950
NPG x99790

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