Quentin Crisp
(1908-1999), WriterQuentin Crisp (Dennis Charles Pratt)
Sitter in 21 portraits
Quentin Crisp was a writer and actor. Born Dennis Pratt in Surrey, he studied journalism and art. His home at 129 Beaufort Street, London inspired Pinter's The Room but despite the squalor he chose to live in, Quentin Crisp (as he became in 1931) was always well dressed and made-up. During the Second World War Crisp wrote the antiwar All this and Bevin too and also worked as an artist's model. His acclaimed autobiography The Naked Civil Servant was published in 1968 and was made into a film in 1975. In 1978 Crisp became the star of his own show An Evening With Quentin Crisp and he continued to write and act including a role as Elizabeth I in Sally Potter's Orlando (1993).
by Angus McBean
vintage bromide print, 1941
NPG P1299
by Marguerite Evans
oil on canvas, circa 1943
NPG 5824
by David Gamble
colour print, 1986
NPG P631
by Angus McBean
modern bromide print from original negative, 1941
NPG x135799
by Angus McBean
modern bromide print from original negative, 1941
NPG x135800
by Angus McBean
modern bromide print from original negative, 1941
NPG x135801
by Angus McBean
modern bromide print from original negative, 1941
NPG x135802
by Angus McBean
modern bromide print from original negative, 1941
NPG x135803
by Angus McBean
modern bromide print from original negative, 1941
NPG x135804
by Edward Barber
chromogenic print, 1975
NPG x127706
Quentin Crisp with three of the cast from 'The Naked Civil Servant'
by Ken Regan
bromide press print, 1975
NPG x194419
by Trevor Crone
vintage gelatin silver print on Agfa Record Rapid paper, May 1981
NPG x133168
by Trevor Leighton
bromide fibre print, 28 July 1981
NPG x26098
by Trevor Leighton
bromide fibre print, 28 July 1981
NPG x126723
by David Gwinnutt
bromide print, 1986
NPG x139979
by Daniel M.T. Graham
resin print, 1986 or before
NPG x25224
by Barbara Morris
pencil, circa 1939
NPG D33669
by Barbara Morris
pen and ink, circa 1939
NPG D33670
by Barbara Morris
pencil, circa 1939
NPG D33671
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