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P.D. James – Antique Wall Art

P.D. James, [between 1950 and 1970] — historic photograph
P.D. James, [between 1950 and 1970]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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P.D. James comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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This publicity portrait shows P.D. James, the British writer who became one of the best-known crime novelists of the twentieth century. Her first mystery, *Cover Her Face*, appeared in the early 1960s, and her later detective, Adam Dalgliesh, a poet turned police inspector, gave her a long run of novels. She had spent years in the British civil service before writing full time, a background that informed the procedural detail in her books. Portraits like this one were typically circulated by publishers and the press to introduce authors to readers and reviewers.

Created / published[between 1950 and 1970]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePublicity photographs 1950-1970.Portrait photographs 1950-1970.Photographic prints 1950-1970.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,275 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-194180

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