Antonia White
(1899-1980), Novelist, critic and translatorSitter in 7 portraits
Writer and translator. Antonia White worked in journalism and advertising before making her reputation with her first novel, Frost in May (1933), an autobiographical account of convent school life. Later works include The Lost Traveller (1950), The Sugar House (1952), Beyond the Glass (1954) and the translation from French of five novels by Colette.
by Cedric Morris
oil on canvas, 1936
NPG 5998
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1939
NPG x24256
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1939
NPG x24257
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