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.
by Lafayette
half-plate film negative, 11 January 1934
NPG x70715
by Lafayette
half-plate film negative, 11 January 1934
NPG x70763
by Lafayette
half-plate film negative, 11 January 1934
NPG x70764
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 27 November 1936
NPG x84012
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 27 November 1936
NPG x26638
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 27 November 1936
NPG x26635
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 27 November 1936
NPG x26636
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 27 November 1936
NPG x26637
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 6 October 1945
NPG x24262
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 6 October 1945
NPG x24263
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 6 October 1945
NPG x24264
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 6 October 1945
NPG x24265
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 6 October 1945
NPG x93795
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 10 December 1969
NPG x165982
by Mark Gerson
cibachrome print from original transparency, September 1976
NPG x88240
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