Thomas Hardy
(1840-1928), Novelist and poetSitter in 60 portraits
One of the last great novelists of the nineteenth century, who combined realism with a critical view of Victorian society. Hardy's writing centred on tragic characters whose lives are played out against rural landscapes, closely based on his native Dorset. He trained as an architect and wrote in his spare time until the success of Far from the Madding Crowd (1874). Other major works include The Return of the Native (1878), Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1891), The Dynasts (1904-8) and the poetry volume, Satires of Circumstance (1914).
by Clive Holland
glossy bromide print, 1900s
NPG x17358
by Clive Holland
glossy bromide print, 1900s
NPG x17357
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 17 July 1908
NPG x44711
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 17 July 1908
NPG x44712
'Luncheon Party at the House of Commons'
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 17 July 1908
NPG x135013
'Luncheon Party at the House of Commons'
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 17 July 1908
NPG x135569
'Luncheon Party at the House of Commons'
probably by Roland Parker Stone, for Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 17 July 1908
NPG x135567
by H. Walter Barnett
whole-plate glass negative, 1909
NPG x81690
by H. Walter Barnett
whole-plate glass negative, 1909
NPG x81691
by H. Walter Barnett
whole-plate glass negative, 1909
NPG x81692
by H. Walter Barnett
whole-plate glass negative, 1909
NPG x81693
by H. Walter Barnett
whole-plate glass negative, 1909
NPG x81694
by H. Walter Barnett
whole-plate glass negative, 1909
NPG x81695
by H. Walter Barnett
whole-plate glass negative, 1909
NPG x81696
by H. Walter Barnett
whole-plate glass negative, 1909
NPG x81697
by H. Walter Barnett
whole-plate glass negative, 1909
NPG x81698
by H. Walter Barnett
whole-plate glass negative, 1909
NPG x81699
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, 1910s
NPG x194098
by Alvin Langdon Coburn, published by Duckworth & Co
collotype, 13 October 1913
NPG Ax7845
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