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Jan Morris
Jan Morris is a historian and travel writer, described as ‘the Flaubert of the jet age’. Born James Morris, she underwent sex change surgery in 1972. Her frank and moving account of discovering and pursuing her true identity as a woman, Conundrum (1972), is perhaps the most influential book of its kind. As a journalist, Morris was the first to report the conquest of Mount Everest in 1953. Her atmospheric portraits of cities, including Venice, Oxford and New York, are widely celebrated, as is her monumental three volume history of the British Empire, Pax Britannica.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 16015
Acquisition
Purchase, 29/2/2000
Measurements
h(cm) sheet size:50.8
h(cm)
w(cm) sheet size:40.6
w(cm)
h(cm) image size:32.8
h(cm)
w(cm) image size:32.8
w(cm)
Material
photograph
Location
In store
Categories
Ffotograff | Photograph Gweithiau ar bapur | Works on paper Celf Gain | Fine Art 04_CADP_Jul_21 Menyw, Dynes | Woman Awdur | Writer Hanesydd | Historian Cath | Cat Portread wedi'i Enwi | Named portrait Cysylltiad Cymreig | Welsh connection LHDTC+ | LGBTQ+ Trawsryweddol | Transgender CADP content CADP random Artistiaid y 21ain ganrif | Active in the 21st CenturyComments are currently unavailable. We apologise for the inconvenience.