C.L.R. James
Art Fund Popular Portraits Collection. Photo: © National Portrait Gallery, London
C.L.R. James
by Rob Adderley, and Ceri Buckmaster, and Staffan Gnosspelius
currency note, 2009
2 3/4 in. x 5 3/8 in. (70 mm x 135 mm) overall
Purchased with help from the Art Fund, 2018
Reference Collection
NPG D48059
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- C.L.R. James (Cyril Lionel Robert James) (1901-1989), Historian and writer. Sitter in 2 portraits.
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- Rob Adderley, Designer. Artist or producer associated with 4 portraits.
- Ceri Buckmaster, Mediator and writer. Artist or producer associated with 4 portraits.
- Staffan Gnosspelius, Illustrator. Artist or producer associated with 4 portraits.
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C.L.R. James was a Trinidadian historian and journalist who made important contributions to Postcolonial studies and campaigned for Caribbean independence. James lived in London during the 1930s and the 1950s and returned permanently in 1962. He settled in Brixton, where he died in 1989.
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