Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)
The Hon. John Collier (London 1850 – Hampstead 1934)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1891 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
584 x 482 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Bateman's, East Sussex
NT 761414
Caption
Kipling's indian connections are brought to the fore in this portrait in which he wears a white 'kurta' or tunic. He was born in Bombay and though educated in England returned to India where he published stories and poems for the British community. This portrait of Kipling was painted during a period spent in London at the height of his early fame. In it, he wears his familiar round, metal-rimmed spectacles and looks straight out at the viewer in a relaxed manner.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) by The Hon. John Collier (London 1850 – Hampstead 1934), signed and dated 1891. Portrait of Rudyard Kipling in an Indian tunic. He was the son of John Lockwood Kipling (1837-1911) and Alice Macdonala and married Caroline Starr Balestier (1862-1939) with he had three children, Josephine Kipling (1892-1899), Elsie Kipling, Mrs George Bambridge (1896 – 1976) of Wimploe Hall (NT) and John Kipling (1897- killed in action 1915).
Credit line
Bateman’s, The Rudyard Kipling Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Signed and dated 1891
Makers and roles
The Hon. John Collier (London 1850 – Hampstead 1934), artist