Philip Marie Constant Bancroft O'Connor was a British writer and surrealist poet, who also painted. He was one of the 'Wheatsheaf writers' of 1930s Fitzrovia.
O'Connor in 1947
Philip O'Connor and his son Félix, Wimereux, 1974.
Philip O'Connor & Panna Grady, Wimereux, 1970
Philip O'Connor, Panna Grady and Maxim, Paris 1972
Quentin Crisp was an English raconteur, whose work in the public eye included a memoir of his life and various media appearances. Before becoming well known, he was an artist's model, hence the title of his most famous work, The Naked Civil Servant. He afterwards became a gay icon due to his flamboyant personality, fashion sense and wit. His iconic status was occasionally controversial due to his remarks about subjects like the AIDS crisis, inviting censure from gay activists including human-rights campaigner Peter Tatchell.
In New York City, 1992
Quentin Crisp's handwriting and signature, from a dedication on the title page of How to Become a Virgin (1981)
Quentin Crisp in a performance of his one-man show, An Evening With Quentin Crisp, in Birmingham, 1982
Quentin Crisp (oil on canvas), a portrait by American painter Ella Guru. As the sculptor John W. Mills had done before her, Guru rendered Crisp wearing his trademark fedora.
