Baroness Emma Magdalena Rosalia Maria Josefa Barbara Orczy
(1865-1947), NovelistSitter in 9 portraits
Hungarian-born novelist and dramatist. She studied art in London and exhibited work in the Royal Academy. After writing short stories in the late 1890s had her first major success with the play, and later novel, The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905), co-written with her husband, Montague Barstow. A series of 'Pimpernel' fictions followed including The Elusive Pimpernel (1908) and The Way of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1932). Also celebrated for her detective story, The Old Man in the Corner (1909).
Baroness Emma Magdalena Rosalia Maria Josefa Barbara Orczy
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1912
NPG x18911
Baroness Emma Magdalena Rosalia Maria Josefa Barbara Orczy
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 10 June 1920
NPG x19481
Baroness Emma Magdalena Rosalia Maria Josefa Barbara Orczy
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 10 June 1920
NPG x19482
Baroness Emma Magdalena Rosalia Maria Josefa Barbara Orczy
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 10 June 1920
NPG x19483
Baroness Emma Magdalena Rosalia Maria Josefa Barbara Orczy
by Elliott & Fry
half-plate negative, 1920s
NPG x82369
Baroness Emma Magdalena Rosalia Maria Josefa Barbara Orczy
by Lafayette
whole-plate film negative, 6 June 1928
NPG x49703
Baroness Emma Magdalena Rosalia Maria Josefa Barbara Orczy
by Lafayette
whole-plate film negative, 6 June 1928
NPG x49704
Baroness Emma Magdalena Rosalia Maria Josefa Barbara Orczy
by Lafayette
whole-plate film negative, 6 June 1928
NPG x49705
Baroness Emma Magdalena Rosalia Maria Josefa Barbara Orczy
by Lafayette
whole-plate film negative, 6 June 1928
NPG x49706
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