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Noel Streatfeild

(1895-1986), Novelist and children's writer

(Mary) Noel Streatfeild

Sitter in 17 portraits
Streatfeild's much-loved novel Ballet Shoes (1936), an unsentimental view of children working in the theatre, came out of her own experiences as a professional actress in the 1920s. It was the first of several career-oriented children's books including Tennis Shoes (1937) and White Boots (1951). She became, in her own words 'a national institution' in the world of children's books. In contrast, her adult fiction, Caroline England (1937) and The Winter is Past (1940), address illegitimacy, divorce, prostitution and homosexuality.

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Noel Streatfeild, by Lewis Baumer - NPG 5941

Noel Streatfeild

by Lewis Baumer
oil on canvas, exhibited 1926
On display in Room 25 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 5941

Noel Streatfeild, by Lafayette - NPG x70715

Noel Streatfeild

by Lafayette
half-plate film negative, 11 January 1934
NPG x70715

Noel Streatfeild, by Lafayette - NPG x70763

Noel Streatfeild

by Lafayette
half-plate film negative, 11 January 1934
NPG x70763

Noel Streatfeild, by Lafayette - NPG x70764

Noel Streatfeild

by Lafayette
half-plate film negative, 11 January 1934
NPG x70764

Noel Streatfeild, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x84012

Noel Streatfeild

by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 27 November 1936
NPG x84012

Noel Streatfeild, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x26638

Noel Streatfeild

by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 27 November 1936
NPG x26638

Noel Streatfeild, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x26635

Noel Streatfeild

by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 27 November 1936
NPG x26635

Noel Streatfeild, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x26636

Noel Streatfeild

by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 27 November 1936
NPG x26636

Noel Streatfeild, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x26637

Noel Streatfeild

by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 27 November 1936
NPG x26637

Noel Streatfeild, by Howard Coster - NPG x24262

Noel Streatfeild

by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 6 October 1945
NPG x24262

Noel Streatfeild, by Howard Coster - NPG x24263

Noel Streatfeild

by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 6 October 1945
NPG x24263

Noel Streatfeild, by Howard Coster - NPG x24264

Noel Streatfeild

by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 6 October 1945
NPG x24264

Noel Streatfeild, by Howard Coster - NPG x24265

Noel Streatfeild

by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 6 October 1945
NPG x24265

Noel Streatfeild, by Howard Coster - NPG x93795

Noel Streatfeild

by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 6 October 1945
NPG x93795

Noel Streatfeild, by Godfrey Argent - NPG x165982

Noel Streatfeild

by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 10 December 1969
NPG x165982

Noel Streatfeild, by Mark Gerson - NPG x88240

Noel Streatfeild

by Mark Gerson
cibachrome print from original transparency, September 1976
NPG x88240

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Noel Streatfeild

by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 6 October 1945
NPG x24594

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