Head-and-shoulders portrait photograph of Claude Houghton by Howard Coster

Coster (Howard).     c.1935-1936      Contemporary print from the original glass plate negative, signed by the photographer in white ink in the lower left-hand corner and bearing his studio stamp, “Howard Coster, Photographer of Men” on the verso. Approximately 11 x 9 ins. (28 x 23 cms.). A superb image in the photographer’s inimitable style and in fine state  Between the wars Claude Houghton (full name Claude Houghton Oldfield) was a highly regarded writer of novels and short-stories with supernatural and metaphysical themes, such as I Am Jonathan Scrivener (1930), Julian Grant Loses His Way (1933), Three Fantastic Tales (1934) and his novelisation of Jerome K. Jerome’s The Passing of the Third Floor Back ([1935]). Sadly, by the time of his death in 1961 his reputation had dwindled away and subsequently his work has never received any serious critical attention.VAT is charged on orders for photographs from customers within the European Economic Community. 

Price: £160