Joe Orton

1 portrait

Joe Orton

by Lewis Morley
bromide print, 1965
20 in. x 16 1/8 in. (508 mm x 410 mm)
Given by the photographer, Lewis Morley, 1992
Primary Collection
NPG P512(16)

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Sitterback to top

John Kingsley ('Joe') Orton (1933-1967), Playwright. Sitter associated with 11 portraits.

Artistback to top

Lewis Morley (1925-), Photographer. Artist of 301 portraits, Sitter in 5 portraits.

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Pepper, Terence, Lewis Morley: Photographer of the Sixties, 1989 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 15 September 1989 - 7 January 1990), p. 22
Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 471
Toksvig, Sandi; Dyer, Richard, Gay Icons, 2009 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 2 July - 18 October 2009), p. 90