Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
(1850-1916), Field MarshalHoratio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum
20th Century Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 150 portraits
Kitchener was the epitome of the imperialist military general, who commanded the British army in Egypt, the Sudan, India and in South Africa during the Boer War (1899-1902). As Secretary of State for War from the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, he converted the small British army into a military machine of three million men and his image was used for the iconic army recruitment campaign with the slogan: 'Your country needs you'. It was based on Bassano's photograph of Kitchener, with the addition of a pointing arm. It first appeared on the cover of London Opinion magazine on 5 September 1914 and was adopted for recruitment purposes soon after. Several poster and postcard versions followed, and it became one of the most iconic images of the World War One era.
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1895
NPG x96309
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1895
NPG x96317
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1895
NPG x96336
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1895
NPG x96346
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1895
NPG x96347
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1895
NPG x96350
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1895
NPG x96359
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1895
NPG x96372
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
by G. Lekegian & Co
collodion panel card, 1898
NPG x14994
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
by Alexander Bassano
cabinet card, 1899
NPG x127986
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
by Alexander Bassano
cabinet card, 1899
NPG x127987
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
by Alexander Bassano, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, circa 1916 (1899)
NPG x193879
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1899
NPG x96368
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1899
NPG x96369
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1899
NPG x96370
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1899
NPG x96371
'King Edward & His Empire Builders'
published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
postcard print, circa 1907
NPG x197883
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
by Bassano Ltd
bromide proof print, 29 July 1910
NPG x35370
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
by Bassano Ltd
12 x 10 inch glass plate copy positive, 29 July 1910
NPG x183676
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
by Bassano Ltd, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, (29 July 1910)
NPG x196988
published by James Valentine & Sons Ltd, after Frank Arthur Swaine, and Langfier Ltd, and Alexander Bassano, and Sport & General Press Agency Ltd, and James Russell & Sons
bromide postcard print, 1911 or after
NPG x197673
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
by Lafayette, published by W.H. Smith & Son
bromide postcard print, published circa 1911
NPG x196884
Joseph-Jacques-Césaire Joffre; Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
by Bain News Service
bromide print, 1914
NPG x194022
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener greets an Indian soldier
by James Russell & Sons, for J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, 1914-1918?
NPG x194115
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1914-1916
NPG x196883
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
by Frank Willis
etching, late 19th century
NPG D36893
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
by Grove & Son, after Heinrich von Angeli
photograph, before 1936 (1899)
NPG D36895
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener ('Statesmen. No. 706. "Khartoum."')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 23 February 1899
NPG D44949
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
published by The Autotype Company, after Sir Arthur Stockdale Cope
photogravure, published 15 June 1900
NPG D42738
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 29 November 1900
NPG D45041
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
by Sir Robert Ponsonby Staples, Bt
colour halftone with watercolour heightened with bodytone, 1 August 1902
NPG D36892
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener ('K. of K.')
published by The Crown, after Frederick Drummond Niblett ('Nibs')
coloured print, published 23 March 1907
NPG D9537
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
published by Illustrated London News, after Bourne & Shepherd
lithograph, published 13 June 1916
NPG D36894
Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum
issued by Sarony & Co, after Sir Hubert von Herkomer, after Frederick Goodall
gravure cigarette card, 1923 (1890)
NPG D48919
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
by Unknown photographer
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
NPG Ax38739
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1885
NPG x96288
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1885
NPG x96289
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1885
NPG x96291
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