Scope and Contents The file contains the following correspondence and papers relating to a portrait of P D James painted by Michael Taylor: Colour photograph, 20cm x 25 cm, of MT’s portrait of PDJ seated at a table with a bust (no date);Correspondence with the National Portrait Gallery and Michael Taylor relating to the commissioning and painting of the portrait, 1993-96 [first proposed in 1993, it was originally suggested that Paula Rego might paint the portrait, but Michael Taylor was commissioned in...