Portraits of Berlin
[01047] IB portrait
IB portrait, unknown date and location.
[12001] IB portrait
Berlin in his room at All Souls College, 1985. Photograph by John Crossley.
01049 IB portrait
Isaiah Berlin portrait, undated, pre-1945. Probably in New York during the Second World War.
[07021] IB portrait
Berlin, probably in London, 1920s. Published in Berlin: A Life.
[04042] IB portrait
Isaiah Berlin at Albany, London, in 1988. Photograph by Lucinda Douglas-Menzies; held by the National Portrait Gallery, London.
[03015] Prints of IB portrait
Prints of portrait by Berlin.
[04045] IB portrait
Berlin portrait, 1991, unknown location.
[04043] IB portrait
Berlin in Bologna, 1994. Unknown photographer.
[09136] IB portrait
Berlin outside a house, unknown date, unknown location.
[02079] IB sat at desk
Undated Berlin portrait, possibly London, from Universal Pictorial Press & Agency.
[01061] IB portrait
Ramsey & Muspratt, Oxford, c.1939
[01006] IB portrait
Small undated photo portrait of IB, looking off camera. Dressed in coat and hat. Print is held inside metallic frame.
[01007] IB portrait
Unknown date; contained in folder annotated 'WW2 photos'.
[01008] IB portrait
IB portrait on an unknown date, unknown location.
[01010] IB portrait
Ramsey & Muspratt, c.1939, Oxford.
[01011] IB portrait
IB portrait, undated; probably in London.
[01012] IB portrait
IB portrait, undated, unknown location; pencil note on back of print reads ‘S624/2623’
[01013] IB portrait - white suit
IB portrait, specific date unknown, but 1940s. Published in The Book of Isaiah, plate 29.
[01023] IB in wicker chair
IB in chair outside, inter-war period.
[01024] IB in wicker chair
IB portrait, undated; front cover of Flourishing.
[01038] IB portrait
Ramsey & Muspratt, c.1939, Oxford
[01046] IB portrait, white suit
Berlin portrait, white suit.
Undated, unknown location. Possibly 1940s.
[01048] IB portrait
IB portrait, unknown date and location
[01049] IB portrait
IB portrait, probably in New York during the Second World War.
[01055] IB in doorway, outside
Probably in Cuernavaca, Mexico after sinus treatment in Baltimore, unknown date in March 1945.
[01058] IB sitting up in bed
IB, possibly on a train from California to Washington in 1943, but not certain.
[01059] IB asleep in a bed
IB sleeping, possibly on a train from California to Washington in 1943.
[01060] IB sitting up in bed
Berlin sat up in bed, possibly on train from California to Washington in 1943.
[01054] IB in Cuernavaca, Mexico
IB sitting on a wall in front of a villa, probably at Cuernavaca, Mexico, after treatment for a sinus problem in Baltimore; March 1945.
[01009] IB portrait
Ramsey & Muspratt, c.1939, Oxford
[01061] IB portrait
Ramsey & Muspratt, Oxford, c.1939
[02011] IB portrait
Portrait of Berlin by Cecil Beaton. Copyright owned by Cecil Beaton Studio Archive. July 1955.
[02012] IB portrait
Portrait of Berlin by Cecil Beaton. Copyright owned by Cecil Beaton Studio Archive. July 1955.
[02013] Portrait of IB
Portrait of Berlin by Cecil Beaton. Copyright owned by Cecil Beaton Studio Archive. July 1955.
[02014] Portrait of IB
Portrait of Berlin by Cecil Beaton. Copyright owned by Cecil Beaton Studio Archive. July 1955.
[02015] IB portrait
Portrait of Berlin by Cecil Beaton. Copyright owned by Cecil Beaton Studio Archive. July 1955.
[02016] Portrait of IB
Portrait of Berlin by Cecil Beaton. Copyright owned by Cecil Beaton Studio Archive. July 1955.
[02017] Portrait of IB
Portrait of Berlin by Cecil Beaton. Copyright owned by Cecil Beaton Studio Archive. July 1955.
[02018] Portrait of IB
Portrait of Berlin by Cecil Beaton. Copyright owned by Cecil Beaton Studio Archive. July 1955.
[02019] Portrait of IB
Portrait of Berlin by Cecil Beaton. Copyright owned by Cecil Beaton Studio Archive. July 1955.
[02020] IB portrait
Portrait of Berlin by Cecil Beaton. Copyright owned by Cecil Beaton Studio Archive. July 1955.
[02021] IB portrait
Portrait of Berlin by Cecil Beaton. Copyright owned by Cecil Beaton Studio Archive. July 1955.
[02022] IB portrait
Portrait of Berlin by Cecil Beaton. Copyright owned by Cecil Beaton Studio Archive. July 1955.
[02023] IB portrait
Portrait of Berlin by Cecil Beaton. Copyright owned by Cecil Beaton Studio Archive. July 1955.
[02024] IB portrait
Portrait of Berlin by Cecil Beaton. Copyright owned by Cecil Beaton Studio Archive. July 1955.
[02025] IB portrait
Portrait of Berlin by Cecil Beaton. Copyright owned by Cecil Beaton Studio Archive. July 1955.
[02026] IB portrait
Portrait of Berlin by Cecil Beaton. Copyright owned by Cecil Beaton Studio Archive. July 1955.
[02027] IB portrait
Portrait of Berlin by Cecil Beaton. Copyright owned by Cecil Beaton Studio Archive. July 1955.
[02028] IB portrait
Portrait of Berlin by Cecil Beaton. Copyright owned by Cecil Beaton Studio Archive. July 1955.
[02050] IB at New College
Berlin at New College. Copyright of the Norman Parkinson Archive.
[02052] IB at New College
Berlin at New College, 1950. Copyright of the Norman Parkinson Archive.
[02053] IB at New College
Berlin at New College, 1950. Copyright of the Norman Parkinson Archive.
[02054] IB at New College
Berlin at New College, 1950. Copyright of the Norman Parkinson Archive.
[02055] IB at New College
Berlin at New College, 1950. Copyright of the Norman Parkinson Archive.
[02060] Caricature of IB
Caricature of IB, on New College paper.
[02061] IB portrait
Berlin at New College, 1950. Copyright of the Norman Parkinson Archive.
[02062] IB portrait
Berlin at New College, 1950. Copyright of the Norman Parkinson Archive.
[02063] IB portrait
Berlin at New College, 1950. Copyright of the Norman Parkinson Archive.
[02064] IB at New College
Berlin at New College, 1950. Copyright of the Norman Parkinson Archive.
[02065] IB at New College
Berlin at New College, 1950. Copyright of the Norman Parkinson Archive.
[02066] IB at New College
Berlin at New College, 1950. Copyright of the Norman Parkinson Archive.
[02068] IB at New College
Berlin at New College, 1950. Copyright of the Norman Parkinson Archive.
[02069] IB at New College
Berlin at New College, 1950. Copyright of the Norman Parkinson Archive.
[02070] IB at New College
Berlin at New College, 1950. Copyright of the Norman Parkinson Archive.
[02072] IB pointing
IB by door, pointing, unknown date and location.
[02073] IB portrait
Berlin, possibly reading, unknown date/location.
[02074] IB in suit by door
IB standing near door, unknown date/location.
[02075] IB smiling in panelled room
Berlin inside, undated/unknown location.
[02076] IB in panelled room
IB in dark-panelled room, unknown date/location.
[02077] IB portrait
Berlin portrait from J Russel & Sons, probably in London; July 1957.
[02078] IB sat at desk
Berlin portrait, possibly London, Universal Pictorial Press & Agency.
[02081] IB smoking outside
Berlin smoking outside a white house, unknown date and location.
[02084] Close-up of IB's face
Close-up of Berlin, probably in conversation, unknown location, sometime in 1964. Published in The Book of Isaiah.
[02085] IB reading a note
Berlin probably at All Souls, Oxford, June 1955.
[02086] IB reading in Great Quad, All Souls
Berlin photographed by Lord Snowdon; Great Quad, All Souls College, Oxford, 1959; image included in the plates section of Enlightening: Letters 1946–1960
[02087] IB portrait
Berlin portrait, probably by Jerry Bauer, unknown date and location.
[02088] IB reading Sense and Sensibilia
Berlin reading, image is a still from the CBS program The Oxford Way
[02089] IB reading, standing up
Berlin reading, image is a still from the CBS program The Oxford Way
[02090] IB reading
Berlin reading, image is a still from the CBS program The Oxford Way
[02092] IB portrait
Portrait by Douglas Glass, unknown date; possibly Oxford.
[02093] IB portrait
Portrait by Douglas Glass, unknown date; possibly Oxford.
[02094] IB portrait
Portrait by Douglas Glass, unknown date; possibly Oxford.
[03007] IB portrait
Berlin, undated, unknown location. Used as the front cover of Flourishing.
[03008] IB portrait
Berlin in his study at Headington House, Oxford, 1971.
[03010] IB sat with others
Berlin sat with others, unknown date and location.
[03011] IB portrait
Berlin portrait, Oxford, unknown date.
[03012] IB portrait
Berlin portrait, Oxford, unknown date.
[03013] IB portrait
Berlin at Headington House, Oxford, summer 1969.
[03025] Photo of IB portrait in situ
Photograph of Berlin portrait, in Israel.
[04005] IB and his OM
Berlin and his Order of Merit, Oxford, 1997. Very low quality image.
[04015] IB reading in the Codrington
Berlin reading in the Codrington Library, All Souls.
Cover photo of The Legacy of Isaiah Berlin;
Cover photo of The Magus of the North, Fontana Press edition 1994;
Cover photo of Against the Current, Princeton UP edition 2001
[04038] Sketch of IB by R B Kitaj
Sketch of Berlin by Ronald Brooks Kitaj, which hangs in Jerusalem's Israel Museum.
[04039] IB portrait
Undated Berlin portrait, at Headington House, Oxford.
[04040] IB portrait
Berlin, probably at Headington House, Oxford, undated.
[04041] IB portrait
Berlin at Albany, London, 1988. Held at the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Cover photo of Pimlico 2013 edition of Three Critics of the Enlightenment.
[04042] IB portrait
Isaiah Berlin at Albany, London, in 1988. Photograph by Lucinda Douglas-Menzies; held by the National Portrait Gallery, London.
[04043] IB portrait
Berlin in Bologna, 1994. Unknown photographer.
[04044] IB portrait
Isaiah Berlin in academic dress, Oxford, 1991. Photo by Billett Potter.
[04046] IB portrait
Berlin portrait, 1996, unknown location.
[04047] IB portrait
Berlin portrait, 1996, unknown location.
[04048] Portrait of IB
Berlin portrait, 1997, Oxford.
[04049] IB portrait
Portrait of IB, Oxford, 1997; taken during filming for Goran Rosenberg's interview of IB for Swedish TV .
[04050] IB portrait
Berlin in academic dress, Oxford, 1988; published in The Book of Isaiah.
[04051] IB portrait
Berlin in academic dress, Oxford, 1988.
[04052] IB portrait
Berlin in academic dress, Oxford, 1988.
[05002] IB portrait
Undated portrait of Berlin, probably at Headington House, Oxford.
[07001] Berlin's Soviet diplomatic visa
Reproduction of Berlin's British diplomatic visa for the USSR, 1945.
[07002] Caricature of IB
Caricature of Berlin by 'Springs'.
[07003] IB portrait
Young Berlin portrait; published in Book of Isaiah, plate 27.
[07005] IB in sea
IB enjoying the sea at Paraggi, 1958. IB writes: 'I look as if I am in terrible agony; but I have just emerged from diving & the water is still blinding me - I am in a most ecstatic state of pleasure - how photographs can mislead!'; published in Berlin: A Life, plate 19.
[07006] IB portrait
Berlin probably in St Petersburg between 1917 and 1921; published in Book of Isaiah, plate 13.
[07009] IB portrait
Berlin, possibly in Oxford, 1950s. Published in Berlin: A Life, plate 14.
[07011] Berlin portrait
Berlin portrait in an unknown place, unknown date.
[07012] A young Isaiah Berlin in winter coat and hat
Portrait of Isaiah Berlin in winter coat and hat, probably taken in Riga c.1915.
Detail published in The Book of Isaiah, plate 11, and on the back jacket of Michael Ignatieff's biography of Berlin.
[07013] Berlin on steps
Berlin standing on steps of house at Hampstead, London, aged 14, 1923.
Published in Book of Isaiah, plate 16.
Published in Berlin: A Life, plate 3.
[07015] IB portrait
Berlin in St Petersburg, 1917. Published in Berlin: A Life, plate 2; published in Book of Isaiah, plate 12.
[07016] IB portrait
Berlin, probably in London, 1921 or 1922. Published in Book of Isaiah, plate 15.
[07018] A very young IB
The earliest known photo of Berlin, Riga, 1910. Published in Berlin: A Life; detail used in Book of Isaiah, plate 1
[07019] IB portrait
Berlin in London, 1924.
[07022] Berlin portrait
IB in a wood-panelled room, possibly Oxford, 1930s
[07023] IB portrait
IB in a wood-panelled room, possibly Oxford, 1930
[07024] IB portrait
IB, possibly in Oxford/London, possibly 1940s/50s.
[07041] IB portrait
A young Berlin, probably early 1910s, Riga.
[09005] Berlin smoking
Berlin portrait, unknown date, location.
[09008] IB portrait
Berlin with a tankard, unknown date and location.
[09014] Berlin portrait
Damaged photo of Berlin, unknown date, unknown location.
[09127] Berlin portrait
Berlin portrait, unknown date, location.
[09130] IB pictured outside, wearing a hat, in conversation
IB outside, wearing a hat, and in conversation; unknown date/location, but probably during his time as President of Wolfson College, Oxford, 1966-75; Aline Berlin is just visible to the left of the shot; photo possibly taken by Dominique Nabokov.
[09132] IB portrait
Berlin portrait by Steve Pyke, June 1990.
[09133] IB portrait
Berlin in the Codrington Library, All Souls College, Oxford.
[09135] IB portrait
Berlin in the Codrington Library, All Souls College, Oxford, 1988.
[09137] IB portrait
Berlin at Headington House, 1977.
[10003] IB reading
Berlin reading the Evening Standard at Headington House, Oxford, 1968.
[10019] IB in Paraggi, 1972
Berlin on a path at Paraggi, 1972. Published in Building, plate 28.
[10022] IB at Paraggi
Berlin in Paraggi, 1972. Published in Building, plate 29.
[10025] IB at Paraggi, early 1960s
Berlin at Paraggi, early 1960s.
[10036] IB in Australia
Berlin with kangaroos in Australia, September 1975.
[10037] IB in South East Asia
Berlin, probably in South East Asia, 1975.
[10035] Berin in Tahiti
Berlin reading in Tahiti, c. 19/9/75. Published in Affirming, plate 3.
[10046] IB at Portofino
IB in Portofino, December 1980. Published in Affirming, plate 15.
[10056] IB with pipe
Berlin in Italy, unknown date.
[10057] IB with ice cream
Berlin in Italy, unknown date.
[10069] IB in Italy
Berlin on the telephone, Italy, unknown date.
[10070] IB in Italy
Berlin in Italy, unknown date.
[10077] IB in Italy
Berlin in Paraggi, September 1983. Published in Affirming, plate 20.
[11001] Berlin's BIS ID Card
Berlin's British Information Services Card, during the Second World War. Held by the Bodleian Libraries.
[11014] Berlin at Portofino
Undated photo of Berlin at Portofino.
[11015] IB in villa at Portofino
Berlin sitting in the villa at Portofino, undated.
[12012] Berlin portrait
Portrait of Berlin, unknown date and location.
[12013] IB portrait
Berlin at All Souls, 1985. Taken by Professor John Crossley, Emeritus Professor of the Clayton School of IT, Monash University. Crossley was a fellow at All Souls from 1966–69, and a Visiting Fellow in 1979 and 1985.
[12014] Berlin portrait
Berlin at All Souls, 1985. Taken by Professor John Crossley, Emeritus Professor of the Clayton School of IT, Monash University. Crossley was a fellow at All Souls from 1966–69, and a Visiting Fellow in 1979 and 1985.
[12015] IB portrait
Berlin at All Souls, 1985. Taken by Professor John Crossley, Emeritus Professor of the Clayton School of IT, Monash University. Crossley was a fellow at All Souls from 1966–69, and a Visiting Fellow in 1979 and 1985.
[12016] Berlin portrait
Berlin at All Souls, 1985. Taken by Professor John Crossley, Emeritus Professor of the Clayton School of IT, Monash University. Crossley was a fellow at All Souls from 1966–69, and a Visiting Fellow in 1979 and 1985.
[12017] IB portrait
Berlin at All Souls, 1985. Taken by Professor John Crossley, Emeritus Professor of the Clayton School of IT, Monash University. Crossley was a fellow at All Souls from 1966–69, and a Visiting Fellow in 1979 and 1985.
[12018] Berlin portrait
Berlin at All Souls, 1985. Taken by Professor John Crossley, Emeritus Professor of the Clayton School of IT, Monash University. Crossley was a fellow at All Souls from 1966–69, and a Visiting Fellow in 1979 and 1985.
[12019] Berlin portrait
Berlin at All Souls, 1985. Taken by Professor John Crossley, Emeritus Professor of the Clayton School of IT, Monash University. Crossley was a fellow at All Souls from 1966–69, and a Visiting Fellow in 1979 and 1985.
[12020] Berlin portrait
Berlin at All Souls, 1985. Taken by Professor John Crossley, Emeritus Professor of the Clayton School of IT, Monash University. Crossley was a fellow at All Souls from 1966–69, and a Visiting Fellow in 1979 and 1985.
[12021] Berlin portrait
Berlin at All Souls, 1985. Taken by Professor John Crossley, Emeritus Professor of the Clayton School of IT, Monash University. Crossley was a fellow at All Souls from 1966–69, and a Visiting Fellow in 1979 and 1985.
[12022] Berlin portrait
Berlin at All Souls, 1985. Taken by Professor John Crossley, Emeritus Professor of the Clayton School of IT, Monash University. Crossley was a fellow at All Souls from 1966–69, and a Visiting Fellow in 1979 and 1985.
[12023] Berlin portrait
Berlin at All Souls, 1985. Taken by Professor John Crossley, Emeritus Professor of the Clayton School of IT, Monash University. Crossley was a fellow at All Souls from 1966–69, and a Visiting Fellow in 1979 and 1985.
[12024] Berlin portrait
Berlin at All Souls, 1985. Taken by Professor John Crossley, Emeritus Professor of the Clayton School of IT, Monash University. Crossley was a fellow at All Souls from 1966–69, and a Visiting Fellow in 1979 and 1985.
[12025] Berlin portrait
Berlin at All Souls, 1985. Taken by Professor John Crossley, Emeritus Professor of the Clayton School of IT, Monash University. Crossley was a fellow at All Souls from 1966–69, and a Visiting Fellow in 1979 and 1985.
[12026] Berlin portrait
Berlin at All Souls, 1985. Taken by Professor John Crossley, Emeritus Professor of the Clayton School of IT, Monash University. Crossley was a fellow at All Souls from 1966–69, and a Visiting Fellow in 1979 and 1985.
[12027] Berlin portrait
Berlin at All Souls, 1985. Taken by Professor John Crossley, Emeritus Professor of the Clayton School of IT, Monash University. Crossley was a fellow at All Souls from 1966–69, and a Visiting Fellow in 1979 and 1985
[12028] Berlin portrait
Berlin at All Souls, 1985. Taken by Professor John Crossley, Emeritus Professor of the Clayton School of IT, Monash University. Crossley was a fellow at All Souls from 1966–69, and a Visiting Fellow in 1979 and 1985.
[12029] Berlin portrait
Berlin at All Souls, 1985. Taken by Professor John Crossley, Emeritus Professor of the Clayton School of IT, Monash University. Crossley was a fellow at All Souls from 1966–69, and a Visiting Fellow in 1979 and 1985.
[12030] Berlin portrait
Berlin at All Souls, 1985. Taken by Professor John Crossley, Emeritus Professor of the Clayton School of IT, Monash University. Crossley was a fellow at All Souls from 1966–69, and a Visiting Fellow in 1979 and 1985.
[12031] IB portrait
Berlin at All Souls, 1985. Taken by Professor John Crossley, Emeritus Professor of the Clayton School of IT, Monash University. Crossley was a fellow at All Souls from 1966–69, and a Visiting Fellow in 1979 and 1985.
[12032] Berlin portrait
Berlin at All Souls, 1985. Taken by Professor John Crossley, Emeritus Professor of the Clayton School of IT, Monash University. Crossley was a fellow at All Souls from 1966–69, and a Visiting Fellow in 1979 and 1985.
[12033] Berlin portrait
Berlin at All Souls, 1985. Taken by Professor John Crossley, Emeritus Professor of the Clayton School of IT, Monash University. Crossley was a fellow at All Souls from 1966–69, and a Visiting Fellow in 1979 and 1985.
[12034] Berlin portrait
Undated portrait of Berlin, probably at Headington House.
[12035] Berlin portrait
Undated portrait of Berlin, probably at Headington House.
[12036] Berlin portrait
Undated portrait of Berlin, probably at Headington House.
[12037] Berlin portrait
Undated portrait of Berlin, probably at Headington House.
[12038] Berlin portrait
Undated portrait of Berlin, probably at Headington House.
[12039] Berlin portrait
Undated portrait of Berlin, probably at Headington House.
[12040] Berlin portrait
Undated portrait of Berlin, probably at Headington House.
[12041] Berlin portrait
Undated portrait of Berlin, probably at Headington House.
[12042] Berlin portrait
Undated portrait of Berlin, probably at Headington House.
[12043] Berlin portrait
Undated portrait of Berlin, probably at Headington House.
[12044] Berlin portrait
Undated portrait of Berlin, probably at Headington House.
[12045] Berlin portrait
Undated portrait of Berlin, probably at Headington House.
[12046] Berlin portrait
Undated portrait of Berlin, probably at Headington House.
[12047] Berlin portrait
Undated portrait of Berlin, probably at Headington House.
[12048] Berlin portrait
Undated portrait of Berlin, probably at Headington House.
[12049] Berlin portrait
Undated portrait of Berlin, probably at Headington House.
[12050] Berlin portrait
Undated portrait of Berlin, probably at Headington House.
[12051] Berlin portrait
Undated portrait of Berlin, probably at Headington House.
[12052] Berlin portrait
Undated portrait of Berlin, probably at Headington House.
[12053] Berlin portrait
Undated portrait of Berlin, probably at Headington House.
[12054] Berlin portrait
Undated portrait of Berlin, probably at Headington House.
[12055] Berlin portrait
Undated portrait of Berlin, probably at Headington House.
[12056] Berlin portrait
Undated portrait of Berlin, probably at Headington House.
[12057] Berlin portrait
Undated portrait of Berlin, probably at Headington House.
[12058] Berlin portrait
Undated portrait of Berlin, probably at Headington House.
[02046] Berlin at New College
Berlin at New College. Image from Norman Parkinson.
[02047] Berlin at New College
Berlin at New College, 1950; photograph by Norman Parkinson.
[02049] Berlin at New College
Berlin at New College, 1950; photo by Norman Parkinson.
[09003] Berlin smoking
Isaiah Berlin smoking, outside, with pipe and coat. Undated, unknown location.
[A0001] Isaiah Berlin in a BBC studio 1959
Isaiah Berlin pictured in a BBC studio, seated at a desk before a microphone, for a programme recorded in 1959, and broadcast 29 June 1960.