PBA Galleries

3 mounted photgraphs of H.G. Wells at various ages. Includes:

• Sepia portrait. 10x14.5 cm (4x6"), mounted on dark grey board, 20x25 cm (8x9½"). Signed and Inscribed by Wells at the bottom right corner: "To Coulson Kernahan / with kind regards / from / H.G. Wells." The verso of board reads: "Fredr Hollyer, 9. Pembroke Sqre, Kensington, W." [c.1905].
• Glossy b&w portrait. 21x15.5 cm (8¼x6"), mounted on light grey board, 25x20 cm (10x8"). Verso of board stamped: "Photo by Walter Stoneman, F.R.P.S. of J, Russell & Sons, 83 Baker Street, London, W.1."
• Semi-gloss b&w portrait 21x15.5 cm (8½x6¼"), mounted indented cream board, 25.5x20 cm (10x8") and enclosed in a cream folder with gilt and red label for "Procter Portraits, Ronald Procter, London" on front. Signed in pencil, "Ronald Procter" beneath photograph.

Coulson Kernahan (1858-1943) was an ex-Territorial Officer and prolific author who contributed to The Army Quarterly, The National Review, Punch, The Spectator, and numerous other publications, as well as being the author of a number of books on various subjects.