Agatha Christie
(1890-1976), Writer; former wife of Archibald Christie, and later wife of Sir Max MallowanDame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie (née Miller)
Sitter in 28 portraits
Born in Torquay, Devon, Christie received a minimal formal education and largely taught herself from her father's library. During the First World War she worked with the Voluntary Aid Detachment and qualified as a dispenser. Christie's first novel The Mysterious Affair at Styles, which introduced Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, was published by Bodley Head in 1920. Following the divorce from her first husband, Archibald Christie, she introduced the character Miss Jane Marple in The Murder at the Vicarage (1930). She accompanied her archaeologist husband Max Mallowan on expeditions, which inspired books such as Murder on the Orient Express (1934) and Death on the Nile (1937).
Agatha Christie; Sir Max Mallowan
by John Hedgecoe
bromide print, 1969
NPG P771
Sir Max Mallowan; Agatha Christie
by Lord Snowdon
gelatin silver print, 1974
NPG P1859
acrylic on paper collaged on panels, 2021-2022
On display in Room 33 on Floor 0 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 7145
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by Free Press
vintage print, 1920s
NPG x135637
Agatha Christie; Rosalind Prichard Hicks (née Christie)
by Bertram Park
gelatin silver print, 1923
On display in Room 25 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG x201313
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 15 January 1932
NPG x30729
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 15 January 1932
NPG x30727
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 15 January 1932
NPG x30728
by Planet News
bromide press print, 9 March 1946
NPG x199287
by United Press Photo
bromide press print, January 1946
NPG x199288
by John Gay
vintage glossy bromide print, published February 1949
NPG x126501
by Unknown photographer
bromide press print, 1950
NPG x199289
Agatha Christie; Sir Max Mallowan
by Unknown photographer
bromide press print, 1950
NPG x199290
by Max Ehlert, for Camera Press: London: UK
bromide press print, 1950s
NPG x199291
by Walter Bird
vintage print, 1958
NPG x183962
by Walter Bird, for Camera Press: London: UK
bromide press print, 1958
NPG x139871
Agatha Christie; Dame Edith Evans
by Press Association Photos
bromide press print, 5 March 1968
NPG x184311
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 1969
NPG x39713
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 19 February 1969
NPG x6027
by Douglas Miller, for Keystone Press Agency Ltd
bromide press print, 13 October 1970
NPG x199293
by Syndication International Ltd
bromide press print, 21 November 1974
NPG x199292
by Elliott & Fry
half-plate negative
NPG x82104
by Walter Bird
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 4 May 1949
NPG x193351
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