T.S. Eliot
1 portrait of T.S. Eliot
© estate of Edgar Holloway / National Portrait Gallery, London
T.S. Eliot
by Edgar Holloway
etching, 1934
11 3/4 in. x 8 3/4 in. (297 mm x 221 mm) paper size
Given by F. Radcliffe, 1965
Reference Collection
NPG D2301
Artistback to top
- Edgar Holloway (1914-2008), Painter and print-maker. Artist or producer of 7 portraits, Sitter in 3 portraits.
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Etched from a pencil drawing of Eliot at his desk in his office at Faber and Faber. Aged just nineteen at the time, Holloway later recalled: 'Eliot was fairly quiet - I think I was a bit overawed'.
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Current affairs
Sir Stafford Cripps represents the miners of Gresford Colliery in Wrexham at an inquiry into the recent gas explosion and fire which killed 263 miners, and three rescue workers in one of the worst mining disasters in British history.Art and science
Percy Shaw invents 'Cat's eyes'. The development of road reflectors increased safety on the roads at night and proved to be particularly useful during the wartime blackout. They are still used today.Dylan Thomas published his first volume of poetry, 18 Poems.
International
Stalin and Hitler consolidate dictatorial power by 'purging' their opponents. In the Soviet Union, members of the Communist Party and particular sectors of society such as the intelligentsia were targeted in the 'Great Purge', while in Germany Hitler murdered hundreds of potential opponents in the SA during the 'Night of the Long Knives'.Thousands in the USA are forced to flee their homes to escape the Dust Bowl storms.
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