An Original Black and White Photograph of George Bernard Shaw in his Later Years Aboard a Boat. Undated but C1930 and I am not sure if it has ever been published. This is not a reproduction but taken straight from the negative so probably owned by a family member. George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950, known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond. He wrote more than sixty plays, including major works such as Man and Superman (1902), Pygmalion (1913) and Saint Joan (1923). With a range incorporating both contemporary satire and historical allegory, Shaw became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Fanny E. Holtzmann 1902-1980 was a pioneering female lawyer in the motion picture and theatre industry.In the 1930s, Holtzmann helped Eastern European Jews emigrate to the United States, and following World War II she assisted Jewish refugees. At the founding conference of the United Nations in 1945, she served as counsel to the Republic of China, and assisted China in becoming a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council. She also worked to gain the support of many countries for the admission of Israel into the United Nations.Holtzmann's friends and clients included Louis B. Mayer, Fred Astaire, Clifton Webb, Noël Coward, Danny Kaye, King George V, the Romanoff family, New York City mayor Jimmy Walker, Winston Churchill, George Bernard Sahw ( who she declined an offer of marriage) King George II of Greece, Dwight Eisenhower, Adlai Stevenson, and Eleanor Roosevelt. Size is 63m x 41mm. Condition is good. Gum marks to rear.