Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
(1927-2013), WriterSitter in 2 portraits
Author of novels, short stories and film scripts; winner of the Booker Prize for Heat and Dust (1975). Among her scripts for Merchant and Ivory are adaptations of Henry James and E.M. Forster classics including The Europeans (1979) and A Room with a View (1986)
by Don Bachardy
acrylic with wash, 1996
NPG 6373
by Fay Godwin
bromide print, 1970s
NPG x15441
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