Margery Allingham Portrait Print

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Margery Allingham NPG x2434© National Portrait Gallery, Londonby Howard CosterOne of the most significant writers of detective fiction of the twentieth century, Allingham was encou raged by her father, an editor of boys' adventure stories and detective tales. Allingham wished to turn the detective story into a serious genre, stating that she made 'no distinction between the novel and the thriller'. Her husband, Philip Youngman Carter, illustrated the dust jackets for many of her novels, which included More Work for the Undertaker (1949) and The Beckoning Lady (1955), and often featured her detective hero,... moreproduct-description-splitExtra small 102mm x 153mm £6.00Small 297mm x 210mm £15.00Medium 483mm x 329mm £30.00Large 590mm x 432mm £45.00Extra large: 840mm x 612mm £75.00Medium Canvas Shortest edge 297mm £35.00Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border, on the paper of your choice. Please note that dimensions listed above are for the paper size only.The Photo paper has a semi-gloss finish, ideally suited to reproductions of photographs, while the Art paper has a matt textured surface that works particularly well for reproductions of drawings, etchings and some paintings.If selecting a frame for Photo paper small or medium, please note that the frame is black, made from solid sustainable wood in the UK, and the dimensions are:Small: Depth 23mm / Height 332mm / Width 245mm Medium: Depth 23mm / Height 517mm / Width 362mm Show more