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Biography: Ashton-Warner, Sylvia Constance

At her typewriter, about 1968

At her typewriter, about 1968

Sylvia Ashton-Warner sits at her typewriter in this staged photograph by H. G. du Faur. She liked the dramatic, and portraits of her often reflect this.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Sylvia Ashton-Warner Collection

Reference: PAColl-2522-1-20

by H. G. du Faur

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

How to cite this page

Sue Middleton. 'Ashton-Warner, Sylvia Constance', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2011. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/33256/at-her-typewriter-about-1968 (accessed 22 June 2026).