George Bernard Shaw
(1856-1950), PlaywrightSitter in 148 portraits
Artist associated with 8 portraits
The foremost playwright of his generation; also a noted critic of the arts, socialist and member of the Fabian Society. Shaw's influence was felt widely in politics and society. During his early career he wrote important musical and dramatic criticism, introduced the British public to the work of Ibsen and wrote some of his best plays. Successful seasons at the Royal Court Theatre (1904-7) established his reputation, and many of his plays, notably Major Barbara (1905) and Pygmalion (1914), later achieved popularity as films. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925.
More on George Bernard Shaw: Explore the portrait of George Bernard Shaw by Jacob Epstein (NPG 4047) from all angles
probably by Sydney Haldane Olivier, 1st Baron Olivier
vintage snapshot print, 1911-1912
NPG x131331
probably by Sydney Haldane Olivier, 1st Baron Olivier
vintage snapshot print, 1911-1912
NPG x131332
by Lizzie Caswall Smith, published by George G. Harrap & Company, printed by The Vandyck Printers Ltd
photogravure, 1913, published 1915
NPG Ax199040
by Lizzie Caswall Smith, published by George G. Harrap & Company, printed by The Vandyck Printers Ltd
photogravure, 1913, published 1915
NPG Ax199041
by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG Ax39212
by Elliott & Fry
half-plate negative, 1919
NPG x81840
by Vaughan & Freeman
gelatin silver print, 1920s
NPG x4078
by Claude Harris
vintage bromide print, 1920s
NPG x9089
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, copied May 1941 (circa 1920)
NPG x185231
by Herbert Lambert
photogravure, 1924
NPG x1504
by Lafayette
whole-plate film negative, 8 July 1926
NPG x37025
by Lafayette
whole-plate film negative, 8 July 1926
NPG x37026
by Lafayette
whole-plate film negative, 8 July 1926
NPG x37027
by Lafayette
whole-plate film negative, 8 July 1926
NPG x37028
by Lafayette
whole-plate film negative, 8 July 1926
NPG x37029
'George Bernard Shaw at Seventy'
by Nickolas Muray
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published November 1926
NPG x193426
by Dorothy Wilding
chlorobromide print on card mount, 1928
NPG x13457
by Dorothy Wilding
chlorobromide print on card mount, 1928
NPG x13455
by Dorothy Wilding
chlorobromide print on card mount, 1928
NPG x200884
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 20 September 1929
NPG x84730
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 20 September 1929
NPG x84731
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 20 September 1929
NPG x84732
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 20 September 1929
NPG x19074
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 20 September 1929
NPG x19075
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 20 September 1929
NPG x19076
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 20 September 1929
NPG x19077
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 20 September 1929
NPG x19078
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 20 September 1929
NPG x19079
by Howard Coster
bromide print, 1930s
NPG Ax136160
published by J. Millhoff & Co Ltd
bromide cigarette card, published circa 1930
NPG x196394
Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor; George Bernard Shaw
by ACME Newspictures, Inc.
vintage print, 1931
NPG x194183
by Howard Coster
bromide print, 1931
NPG Ax3423
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1932
NPG x2889
by Howard Coster
print, 1934
NPG x2098
by Olive Edis
whole-plate autochrome, 1936
NPG x7208
by Olive Edis
postcard print, 1936
NPG x22526
by Olive Edis
platinotype on photographer's card mount, 1936
NPG x22527
by Olive Edis
bromide print on photographer's card mount, 1936
NPG x22528
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