Israel Zangwill
(1864-1926), Novelist and advocate of Jewish causesSitter in 11 portraits
Initially a teacher, in 1888 he joined the newly founded weekly newspaper the Jewish Standard for whom he wrote a weekly column. His first novel, The Premier and the Painter (1888), co-written and published under the pseudonym J. Freeman Bell, was well received; his first solo success was The Bachelors' Club (1891). Zangwill's novel Children of the Ghetto(1892) established him as a spokesperson for Jewish people. In 1895, he became involved with the Zionist cause, speaking and writing on its behalf. His most famous play was The Melting Pot (1908). A political play, it advocates the message of tolerance and the assimilation of minority groups into the wider community.
by Charles Ezekiel Polowetski
oil on canvas, 1909
NPG 3318
by Bernard Partridge
chalk
NPG 4003
by Alfred Wolmark
pen and ink, 1925
NPG 2808
published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1900s
NPG x197671
by Crowdy & Loud, after Elliott & Fry
photogravure, published 14 December 1901
NPG x13300
by Alvin Langdon Coburn, published by Duckworth & Co
collotype, 30 December 1913
NPG Ax7854
by Alvin Langdon Coburn, published by Duckworth & Co
collotype, 30 December 1913
NPG Ax7818
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 13 October 1919
NPG x16537
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 13 October 1919
NPG x16538
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 13 October 1919
NPG x16539
Israel Zangwill ('Men of the Day. No. 674.')
by Walter Sickert
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 25 February 1897
NPG D44844
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