Twiggy
1 portrait of Twiggy
© Iconic Images/Terry O’Neill
Twiggy
by Terry O'Neill
bromide print, 1975
14 in. x 14 in. (355 mm x 355 mm) image size
Given by Terry O'Neill, 2009
Photographs Collection
NPG x133059
Sitterback to top
- Twiggy Lawson (née Lesley Hornby) (1949-), Model and actress. Sitter in 32 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Terry O'Neill (1938-2019), Photographer. Artist or producer of 80 portraits, Sitter in 2 portraits.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Pepper, Terence (introduction) Muir, Robin (appreciation) Sokolsky, Melvin (appreciation), Twiggy: A Life In Photographs, 2009 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 18 September 2009 to 24 March 2010), p. 87
Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top
- Twiggy: A Life in Photographs (19 September 2009 - 21 March 2010)
Subjects & Themesback to top
Events of 1975back to top
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