Robert Bridges
(1844-1930), Poet LaureateSitter in 27 portraits
Bridges was educated at Eton and Oxford, where he met Gerard Manley Hopkins who became a close friend and an important influence on his poetry. Bridges' first book of poems was published in 1873 and was followed by many collections of verse, plays and critical writings. He was made Poet Laureate in 1913.
by William Strang
goldpoint, engraved 1898
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by William Strang
goldpoint, 1898
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by Theodore Spicer-Simson
plasticine medallion, 1922
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by Theodore Spicer-Simson
bronze medallion, 1922
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by Mrs M.G. Perkins
photogravure, 1913
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by Alvin Langdon Coburn
photogravure, 11 April 1913
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by Will Stroud
bromide print on card mount, 1923
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by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, late 1924
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'Robert Bridges with a clavichord given him for his 80th birthday'
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, October 1924
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'Robert Bridges with a clavichord given him for his 80th birthday'
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, October 1924
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'Robert Bridges and Arnold Dolmetsch on the day of the presentation of the clavichord'
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, October 1924
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'Robert Bridges and Arnold Dolmetsch on the day of the presentation of the clavichord'
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, October 1924
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'The Poet Laureate' (Robert Bridges)
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, October 1924
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'The Poet Laureate' (Robert Bridges)
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, October 1924
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Virginia Woolf; Robert Bridges
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 26 June 1926
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by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 26 June 1926
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by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 26 June 1926
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Virginia Woolf; Robert Bridges
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 26 June 1926
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by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 26 June 1926
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