Howard Coster
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| Howard Coster | |
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| Born | 1885 |
| Died | 1959 |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Portrait photographer |
Howard Sydney Musgrave Coster (1885-1959) was a British photographer, opening a London studio in 1926. He was a self-styled 'Photographer of Men'.
Collections
The UK National Portrait Gallery holds five portraits of Coster, one by Eric Gill. There are over 9000 portraits by Coster in their collection (including those of G. K. Chesterton, Aldous Huxley and A.A. Milne), and a retrospective was held in 1985.[1]
References
Further reading
- Pepper, Terence; Susanna Brown (2006). "Coster, Howard Sydney Musgrave (1885–1959)" (available online to subscribers only, and also in print). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. OUP. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
External links
- Portraits by Coster in the National Portrait Gallery.
- Portraits of Coster in the National Portrait Gallery.
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