The Hollow Men was written in 1925 Eliot said the name was a mixture of "The Broken Men" of Rudyard Kipling with "The Hollow Land" of William Morris. There are strong references to Guy Fawkes, particularly the ending. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hollow_Men The portrait of T.S. Eliot was by Wyndham Lewis in 1938 The picture is of a Japanese scarecrow, reworked in Paint Shop Pro. Here's the original picture: tinyurl.com/y9hwp2h