Rudyard Kipling
(1865-1936), Writer and poet(Joseph) Rudyard Kipling
Sitter associated with 40 portraits
Author and poet; born in Bombay; educated in England but returned to India and worked for Civil and Military Gazette in Lahore; his many publications include Plain Tales from the Hills, 1887, The Jungle Book, 1894, and Kim, 1901; unequalled as an observer of the Raj and as a commentator on the duties and obligations of empire. Later in life settled in Sussex, from which he drew the inspiration for Puck of Pook's Hill, 1906, and Rewards and Fairies, 1910, as well as some of his finest late stories; long out of favour because of the imperial themes in his work, he is now recognised as one of the major talents of his time.
by Walter Stoneman
whole-plate glass negative, 1924
NPG x74739
by Walter Stoneman
whole-plate glass negative, 1924
NPG x74737
by Walter Stoneman
whole-plate glass negative, 1924
NPG x74738
by Elliott & Fry
half-plate glass copy negative, 1924
NPG x81810
by Elliott & Fry
half-plate glass copy negative, 1924
NPG x81809
by Elliott & Fry
half-plate glass copy negative, 1924
NPG x81807
Caroline Kipling (née Balestier); Rudyard Kipling
by International News Photos
vintage print, 1930s
NPG x194116
by Walter Stoneman
matte bromide print, 9 November 1934
NPG x11900
after Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
lithograph, 1891
NPG D23358
Rudyard Kipling ('Men of the Day. No. 589.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 7 June 1894
NPG D44702
by William Nicholson
hand-coloured woodcut, 1897
NPG D36883
by William Strang, printed by David Strang
etching, 1898
NPG D36882
published by William Heinemann, after William Nicholson
lithographic reproduction of a hand-coloured woodcut, published 1899 (1897)
NPG D32971
after Richard George Mathews
line block after a drawing, circa 1900
NPG D21217
by William Strang
etching and aquatint, 1900
NPG D36884
by Alexander ('Alick') Penrose Forbes Ritchie
colour relief halftone cigarette card, 1926
NPG D2673
after Frances Amicia de Biden Footner
collotype, 1930s
NPG D20831
Mr John Drinkwater Reading' (John Drinkwater; possibly Rudyard Kipling; Edith Sitwell)
by Mark Wayner (Weiner)
lithograph, published 1931
NPG D23328
Rudyard Kipling ('The Singer of Empire')
after Leonard Raven-Hill
colour relief halftone, published 26 June 1935
NPG D43028
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