Brooke (Rupert).- Schell (Sherrill) Studio photograph of Rupert Brooke, with studio signature "Sherril Schell" on the mount, showing the poet in profile facing left,, silver print, mount damp-stained and a little worn at foot, 225 x 193mm., [1913]. ⁂ The most famous portrait of Rupert Brooke that more than any helped to cement the modern romantic notion of the poet. Schell when later recalling the photography session described Brooke: "His face was more remarkable for its expression and colouring than for its modelling. His complexion was not the ordinary pink and white... but ruddy and tanned. His hair a golden brown with sprinklings of red."
Brooke (Rupert).- Schell (Sherrill) Studio photograph of Rupert Brooke, with studio signature "Sherril Schell" on the mount, showing the poet in profile facing left,, silver print, mount damp-stained and a little worn at foot, 225 x 193mm., [1913]. ⁂ The most famous portrait of Rupert Brooke that more than any helped to cement the modern romantic notion of the poet. Schell when later recalling the photography session described Brooke: "His face was more remarkable for its expression and colouring than for its modelling. His complexion was not the ordinary pink and white... but ruddy and tanned. His hair a golden brown with sprinklings of red."
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