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Somerset Maugham

(1874-1965), Novelist, playwright and spy

William ('W.') Somerset Maugham

Sitter associated with 115 portraits
Somerset Maugham was one of the most popular and commercially successful authors of the twentieth century. He qualified as a doctor in 1897, but pursued his passion for writing following the publication of his first novel, Liza of Lambeth, in the same year. His play Lady Frederick (1907) was his first theatrical success, and his largely autobiographical novel Of Human Bondage (1915) became a best seller. It was followed by other highly praised works The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Cakes and Ale (1930) and The Razor's Edge (1945). He wrote more than thirty plays, including Home and Beauty (1919) and The Letter (1927).

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Somerset Maugham, by Slim Aarons (George Allen Aarons), for  Camera Press: London: UK - NPG x184025

Somerset Maugham

by Slim Aarons (George Allen Aarons), for Camera Press: London: UK
bromide press print, 1964
NPG x184025

Somerset Maugham, by Associated Press - NPG x184022

Somerset Maugham

by Associated Press
bromide press print, 25 January 1965
NPG x184022

Somerset Maugham, by Associated Press - NPG x184023

Somerset Maugham

by Associated Press
bromide press print, 25 January 1965
NPG x184023

Somerset Maugham, by Tom Blau, for  Camera Press: London: UK - NPG x184024

Somerset Maugham

by Tom Blau, for Camera Press: London: UK
bromide press print, 25 January 1965
NPG x184024

Somerset Maugham; William Holt, by United Press International - NPG x194348

Somerset Maugham; William Holt

by United Press International
bromide press print, 1965
NPG x194348

Somerset Maugham, by Unknown photographer - NPG x4080

Somerset Maugham

by Unknown photographer
print
NPG x4080

Somerset Maugham, by Powys Evans - NPG D1691

Somerset Maugham

by Powys Evans
pencil, 1920s-1930s
NPG D1691

Somerset Maugham, after Unknown artist - NPG D42408

Somerset Maugham

after Unknown artist
colour offset lithographic cigarette card, 1937
NPG D42408

Somerset Maugham, by Hubert Andrew Freeth - NPG D38325

Somerset Maugham

by Hubert Andrew Freeth
etching, 1946
NPG D38325

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Somerset Maugham

by Howard Coster
print, 1930
NPG x2014

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Somerset Maugham

by Howard Coster
print, 1936
NPG x2015

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Somerset Maugham

by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1936
NPG x23662

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Somerset Maugham

by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1955
NPG x186559

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Somerset Maugham

by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 1958
NPG x36842

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Somerset Maugham

by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 1958
NPG x36843

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Somerset Maugham

by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 1958
NPG x36845

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Somerset Maugham

by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 1958
NPG x36846

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Somerset Maugham

by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 1958
NPG x36847

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Somerset Maugham

by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 1958
NPG x36848

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Somerset Maugham

by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 1958
NPG x36849

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Somerset Maugham

by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 1958
NPG x36851

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Somerset Maugham

by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 1958
NPG x36852

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Somerset Maugham

by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 1958
NPG x36853

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Somerset Maugham

by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 1958
NPG x36854

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Somerset Maugham

by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 1958
NPG x36855

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Somerset Maugham

by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 1958
NPG x36856

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Somerset Maugham

by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 1958
NPG x36857

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Somerset Maugham

by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 1958
NPG x36858

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Somerset Maugham

by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 1958
NPG x36859

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Somerset Maugham

by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 1958
NPG x36860

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Somerset Maugham

by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 1958
NPG x36861

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Somerset Maugham

by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 1958
NPG x36862

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Somerset Maugham

by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 1958
NPG x36863

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Somerset Maugham

by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 1958
NPG x36864

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Somerset Maugham

by Howard Coster
print
NPG x4081

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