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Dame Muriel Spark

(1918-2006), Novelist

Dame Muriel Sarah Spark (née Camberg)

Sitter in 11 portraits
Author; won Observer short story competition (1951); first novel, The Comforters (1957) followed by poems, plays and many other novels, including The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961).

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Dame Muriel Spark, by Dmitri Kasterine - NPG P1339

Dame Muriel Spark

by Dmitri Kasterine
modern bromide print from original negative, 1978
NPG P1339

Dame Muriel Spark, by Bob Tulloch - NPG 6226

Dame Muriel Spark

by Bob Tulloch
pencil and wash, 1993
NPG 6226

Dame Muriel Spark, by Anthea Sieveking - NPG x199138

Dame Muriel Spark

by Anthea Sieveking
bromide print, 1960s
NPG x199138

Dame Muriel Spark, by Mark Gerson - NPG x88230

Dame Muriel Spark

by Mark Gerson
modern bromide print, August 1961
NPG x88230

Dame Muriel Spark, by Mark Gerson - NPG x15448

Dame Muriel Spark

by Mark Gerson
bromide print, May 1963
NPG x15448

Dame Muriel Spark, by Mark Gerson - NPG x26524

Dame Muriel Spark

by Mark Gerson
bromide print, May 1963
NPG x26524

Dame Muriel Spark, by Mark Gerson - NPG x26525

Dame Muriel Spark

by Mark Gerson
bromide print, May 1963
NPG x26525

Dame Muriel Spark, by Mark Gerson - NPG x26526

Dame Muriel Spark

by Mark Gerson
bromide print, May 1963
NPG x26526

Dame Muriel Spark, by Stephen Hyde - NPG x24944

Dame Muriel Spark

by Stephen Hyde
bromide print, 30 March 1984
NPG x24944

Dame Muriel Spark, by Trevor Leighton - NPG x35338

Dame Muriel Spark

by Trevor Leighton
bromide fibre print, 30 January 1988
NPG x35338

Dame Muriel Spark, by Trevor Leighton - NPG x126721

Dame Muriel Spark

by Trevor Leighton
bromide fibre print, 30 January 1988
NPG x126721

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