Christopher Fry
(1907-2005), PlaywrightSitter in 19 portraits
In the late 1940s Fry enjoyed considerable success with such mystical plays as The Firstborn (1946) and the comedies A Phoenix too Frequent (1946), The Lady's not for Burning (1949) and Venus Observed (1950). He also wrote for television and films, participating in the script for Ben Hur (1959).
by Peter Lambda
bronze bust, 1951
NPG 5482
by Elliott & Fry
bromide print, 18 April 1953
NPG x89300
by Elliott & Fry
bromide print, 18 April 1953
NPG x89301
by Elliott & Fry
bromide print, 18 April 1953
NPG x89302
by Norman Parkinson
bromide print on card mount, 1954
NPG x30078
by Peter Keen
chromogenic print, 1970
NPG x125324
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 7 April 1970
NPG x16298
by Granville Davies
bromide fibre print, May 1986
NPG x25294
by Alec Murray
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 25 January 1950
NPG x137546
by Elliott & Fry
quarter-plate glass negative, 26 November 1952
NPG x100714
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