Exhibition Open
17 April 2008 – 1 March 2009
The Face of James Bond
By kind permission of Graham McLusky
First name: JAMES. Height: 183 centimetres, weight:76 kilograms; slim build; eyes: blue; hair: black; scar down right cheek and on left shoulder; signs of plastic surgery on back of right hand ...;all-round athlete; expert pistol shot, boxer, knife-thrower; does not use disguises...Smokes heavily; vices: drink, but not to excess, and women. Not thought to accept bribes...Fights with tenacity and has a high tolerance of pain.
From top secret Soviet file on Bond, From Russia With Love, p.43
Ian Fleming commissioned this portrait of James Bond from John McLusky in 1957.
