John Clare: Portraits

• This is the front cover of the John Clare Society Journal, which features a photo by Peter Moyse, A.R.P.S, of Henry Behnes' bust of Clare made in 1828 and now in the Northampton Central Library. 

• The engraving below by Edward Scriven (1821) was taken from William Hilton's portrait of 1820, both of which are online at The National Portrait Gallery: William Hilton

• The only known photo of Clare, 1860s: 

• There is also a portrait by by William Henry Hunt, which might be of the poet at The National Portrait Gallery: William Henry Hunt

• Cartoon by David Levine, New York Review of Books, December 19, 1996: David Levine's Cartoon

Simon Kövesi
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