Dear Bryan,
As for the photos, please see attached (Pinney, "The Letters" 1931-36,
p. 74); see also p. 93-94.
Kind regards,
Yan Shapiro
BD> In the London Library on the stairs among the portraits of former
BD> members I noted a photo of Rudyard Kipling as a Vice President at end
BD> of his life, taken evidently in France by Manuel Freres. It is quite
BD> similar to a postcard in the NPG collection by Henri Manuel, sepia
BD> postcard print, catalogued as early 1920s [visble on their website].
BD> A Harvard Library website refers to" Studio portraits of chiefly
BD> French literary figures by commercial photographer G.L. Manuel Freres".
BD> The NPG curator of photos comments " Most photographic studios were
BD> anxious to have photographs of the international figures of the time
BD> and so Manuel Freres presumably invited Kipling to sit for them when
BD> he was visiting France or sent one of their operators to London."
BD> Does anyone know about Kipling being photographed by the Manuels and
BD> why the Library chose this photo to display?
BD> Bryan Diamond
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