Agatha Christie: Unfinished Portrait

An exhibition of photographs which offer a new insight into the life of Agatha Christie opens at Bankside Gallery in London this summer, marking the 125th anniversary of the Queen of Crime.

Featuring never-before-seen photographs from the author’s private collection, Agatha Christie: Unfinished Portrait illustrates the life behind the works of the most widely published author of all time.

Each image is accompanied by a quote in Christie’s own words, drawn from both published works and unpublished personal correspondence, beautifully capturing her thoughts and feelings from early childhood, through both marriages and her international adventures, to her years as a world famous author.

A timeline will sit alongside the pictures and mark the key milestones in Christie’s life, including the first performance of the world’s longest running play, The Mousetrap, and the publication of definitive works such as Murder on the Orient Express and And Then There Were None.

The jewel in the crown of the exhibition will be a portrait of Agatha Christie by expressionist painter Oscar Kokoschka, painted in 1969 for Dame Agatha’s 80th birthday.