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Jonathan Miller

(1934-2019), Physician, theatre and opera director and television presenter

Sir Jonathan Wolfe Miller

Sitter in 29 portraits
Director and producer for television, stage, film and opera; actor and writer; Research Fellow in Neuropsychology, University of Sussex. Miller qualified as a doctor at Cambridge before co-authoring and performing in the revue, Beyond the Fringe (1960) and debuting as a director with John Osborne's Under Plain Cover (1962). His productions include King Lear (1970), Rigoletto (1975), The Mikado (1987) and La Bohème (2009). His wide-ranging achievements include The Body in Question, a series for BBC television (1978) and Mirror Image: Jonathan Miller on Reflection, an exhibition curated for the National Gallery (1998).

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Jonathan Miller, by Jane Bown - NPG P375

Jonathan Miller

by Jane Bown
bromide print, 1954
NPG P375

Jonathan Miller, by Mark Boxer - NPG 5920(18)

Jonathan Miller

by Mark Boxer
ink and pencil, 1970s
NPG 5920(18)

Jonathan Miller, by Lord Snowdon - NPG P1901

Jonathan Miller

by Lord Snowdon
gelatin silver print, 13 September 1978
NPG P1901

Jonathan Miller, by Dmitri Kasterine - NPG P1332

Jonathan Miller

by Dmitri Kasterine
digital print, 2009, based on a work of 1980
NPG P1332

Jonathan Miller, by Godfrey MacDomnic - NPG x76994

Jonathan Miller

by Godfrey MacDomnic
bromide print on card mount, 3 August 1954
NPG x76994

Beyond the Fringe (Peter Cook; Jonathan Miller; Dudley Moore; Alan Bennett), by Lewis Morley - NPG x27384

Beyond the Fringe (Peter Cook; Jonathan Miller; Dudley Moore; Alan Bennett)

by Lewis Morley
resin print, 1961
On display in Room 28 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG x27384

Jonathan Miller, by Mark Gerson - NPG x88219

Jonathan Miller

by Mark Gerson
modern bromide print, May 1962
NPG x88219

Jonathan Miller, by Cecil Beaton - NPG x14142

Jonathan Miller

by Cecil Beaton
bromide print on white card mount, January 1962
NPG x14142

Jonathan Miller as Kirby in 'One Way Pendulum', by Unknown photographer - NPG x194296

Jonathan Miller as Kirby in 'One Way Pendulum'

by Unknown photographer
vintage print, 1964
NPG x194296

Jonathan Miller, by Frances McLaughlin-Gill - NPG x46522

Jonathan Miller

by Frances McLaughlin-Gill
bromide fibre print, 1966
NPG x46522

''In' Group', by Patrick Lichfield - NPG x128493

''In' Group'

by Patrick Lichfield
archival inkjet print, July 1967
NPG x128493

Jonathan Miller, by Godfrey Argent - NPG x165641

Jonathan Miller

by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 1 July 1969
NPG x165641

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