Portraits of Writers

Aug. 23, 2010

Hemingway’s standing desk

I’ve always wanted a desk like Papa’s (photo).

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Aug. 6, 2010

Young Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway, American Red Cross volunteer, 18 or 19 years old, in Milan, 1918. Photo credit: Ernest Hemingway Photograph Collection, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston. Portrait by Ermeni Studios, Milan, Italy. (Via.) Image above is a little Photoshopped from the original. View full size here.

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Jul. 11, 2010

Portrait: Henry James

Henry James, ca. 1900, age 57. From the collection of the George Eastman House on Flickr. Not many photos of James exist, and none are as revealing as this. The most recognized image we have of “the master” is the iconic John Singer Sargent portrait of 1913, which shows James as the Great Man. And [...]

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Apr. 26, 2010

Portrait: Philip Roth

Photo: Philip Roth at his home in rural Connecticut, 2004. Photo by James Nachtwey.

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Apr. 14, 2010

Flickr Find of the Day

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, from the Library of Congress Flickr photo stream. The photo apparently dates from 1913 or thereabouts. I always imagined Conan Doyle as a less modern, more Victorian character than this — more like Holmes. Flickr has lots of wonderful vintage images like this one, not all book-related obviously. I recommend the [...]

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