George Soames Layard (Clifton, 1857 – 1925) è stato un avvocato, giornalista e letterato inglese.

Biografia

Era il terzo figlio di Charles Clement Layard, parroco di Combe Hay nel Somerset, nato a Clifton, Bristol; Nina Frances Layard era sua sorella. Ha studiato alla Monkton Combe School e alla Harrow School. Immatricolandosi al Trinity College di Cambridge nel 1876, si laureò con un Bachelors of Arts nel 1881, e quell'anno fu chiamato al bar dell'Inner Temple, al quale si era unito nel 1877. Ha sposato Eleanor Byng Gribble. Lo psicologo John Willoughby Layard era il loro secondo figlio.

Opere

  • The Life and Letters of Charles Samuel Keene (1892) [1]
  • Tennyson and his pre-Raphaelite illustrators. A book about a book (1894) [2]
  • Portraits of Cruikshank by Himself (1897)
  • Mrs. Lynn Linton ; her life, letters, and opinions (1901) [3]
  • The Life and Work of Kate Greenaway (A. & C. Black, London 1905) with Marion Harry Spielmann [4]
  • Sir Thomas Lawrence's Letter-bag (George Allen, London 1906)
  • Suppressed plates, wood engravings, &c., together with other curiosities germane thereto; being an account of certain matters peculiarly alluring to the collector (A. & C. Black, London 1907) [5]
  • A Great "Punch" Editor: Being the Life, Letters, and Diaries of Shirley Brooks (1907) [6]
  • The Headless Horseman: Pierre Lombart's Engraving, Charles or Cromwell? (1922)
  • An Amateur Detective (1925)
  • Catalogue Raisonné of Engraved British Portraits from altered plates (Philip Allan & Co, London 1927)

Note

Altri progetti

  • Wikisource contiene una pagina in lingua inglese dedicata a George Somes Layard
  • Wikimedia Commons contiene immagini o altri file su George Somes Layard

Collegamenti esterni

  • Opere di George Somes Layard, su MLOL, Horizons Unlimited.
  • (EN) Opere di George Somes Layard, su Open Library, Internet Archive.
  • (EN) Opere di George Somes Layard, su Progetto Gutenberg.

Tennyson and his PreRaphaelite Illustrators. by Layard, Somes

Tennyson and his PreRaphaelite Illustrators A Book About a Book by

Mary had a Little Lamb by Kate Greenaway from the book ' Kate Greenaway

NPG x165752; Michael Somes Portrait National Portrait Gallery

Tennyson and his PreRaphaelite Illustrators von Layard, Somes