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Title: Twelve Portraits
Date of first publication: 1929
Place and date of edition used as base for this ebook: London: Faber & Faber, 1929 (First Edition)
Author: William Rothenstein (1872-1945)
Date first posted: 5 December 2007
Date last updated: 5 December 2007
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TWELVE PORTRAITS
BY
WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN



LONDON
FABER & FABER LIMITED
24 RUSSELL SQUARE



FIRST PUBLISHED OCTOBER MCMXXIX
BY FABER & FABER LIMITED
24 RUSSELL SQUARE LONDON W.C.I
PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN
AT THE CHISWICK PRESS LONDON
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
THE COPYRIGHT OF THESE DRAWINGS IS
STRICTLY RESERVED BY THE ARTIST



TO
ANNIE, VISCOUNTESS COWDRAY
THESE DRAWINGS ARE
AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED



These drawings, with one exception, have been made during the last two years, and are reproduced for the first time. That of Professor Albert Einstein appeared in The Portrait-Drawings of William Rothenstein 1889-1925: an iconography by John Rothenstein, published by Messrs. Chapman and Hall in 1927. W. R.

September 1929



LIST OF PORTRAITS

Plate I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
X.
XI.
XII.
 JOHN GALSWORTHY, O.M.
THE RT. HON. J. RAMSAY MACDONALD
PROFESSOR ALBERT EINSTEIN
PHILIP WILSON STEER
T. S. ELIOT
WALTER DE LA MARE
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
THE RT. HON. LORD MELCHETT OF LANDFORD
THE RT. HON. STANLEY BALDWIN
MAX BEERBOHM
GERHART HAUPTMANN
PROFESSOR A. S. EDDINGTON


I

PLATE I
JOHN GALSWORTHY, O.M.



II

PLATE II
THE RT. HON. J. RAMSAY MACDONALD



III

PLATE III
PROFESSOR ALBERT EINSTEIN



IV

PLATE IV
PHILIP WILSON STEER



V

PLATE V
T. S. ELIOT



VI

PLATE VI
WALTER DE LA MARE



VII

PLATE VII
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW



VIII

PLATE VIII
THE RT. HON. LORD MELCHETT OF LANDFORD



IX

PLATE IX
THE RT. HON. STANLEY BALDWIN



X

PLATE X
MAX BEERBOHM



XI

PLATE XI
GERHART HAUPTMANN



XII

PLATE XII
PROFESSOR A. S. EDDINGTON