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Photographs by Ramsey & Muspratt, circa 1930-51


22 Portraits in set

Lettice Ramsey and Helen Muspratt opened their first joint studio in Cambridge above a row of shops in 1932. Ramsey brought her connections to Muspratt's know-how to create a style of relaxed but perceptive portraiture that gained popularity with Cambridge's leading pre-war intellectual and literary figures. In 1937 Muspratt married and expanded the studio to Oxford, whilst Ramsey remained in Cambridge and continued to run the original studio until the 1970s. The Gallery holds many works donated by Ramsey's daughter in 1988.

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Guy Burgess, by Ramsey & Muspratt - NPG P363(5)

Guy Burgess

by Ramsey & Muspratt
bromide print, 1930s
NPG P363(5)

Donald Maclean, by Ramsey & Muspratt - NPG P363(16)

Donald Maclean

by Ramsey & Muspratt
bromide print, 1930s
NPG P363(16)

Clive Bell, by Ramsey & Muspratt - NPG P363(1)

Clive Bell

by Ramsey & Muspratt
bromide print, 1932
NPG P363(1)

Quentin Bell, by Ramsey & Muspratt - NPG P363(2)

Quentin Bell

by Ramsey & Muspratt
bromide print, 1932
NPG P363(2)

Roger Fry, by Ramsey & Muspratt - NPG P363(9)

Roger Fry

by Ramsey & Muspratt
bromide print, 1932
NPG P363(9)

Roger Fry, by Ramsey & Muspratt - NPG P363(10)

Roger Fry

by Ramsey & Muspratt
bromide print, 1932
NPG P363(10)

Dorothy Hodgkin, by Ramsey & Muspratt - NPG P363(13)

Dorothy Hodgkin

by Ramsey & Muspratt
bromide print, circa 1937
NPG P363(13)