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Poet and man of letters. Newbolt published his first edition of poetry while practising law. His most famous of his nautical poems 'Drake's Drum' published in Admirals All and Other Verses (1897); wrote two volumes of the official History of the Great War: Naval Operations (1923); active in public service; knighted (1915); created CH (1922); Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery (1928–1937). The statue in the background is a figure of Aphrodite from the hall of the Athenaeum Club in London of which both artist and sitter were members, and is a replica of an antique original in the Louvre.

National Portrait Gallery, London

London

Title

Sir Henry John Newbolt

Date

1931

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 112.1 x W 101 cm

Accession number

4664

Acquisition method

Purchased, 1969

Work type

Painting

National Portrait Gallery, London

St Martin’s Place, London, Greater London WC2H 0HE England

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Artist or maker

Meredith Frampton

1894–1984

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