John Lennon (1940-1980), Musician; co-founder and singer for The Beatles
Sitter associated with 52 portraits
Born in Liverpool, John Lennon was a singer, songwriter, artist and member of the Beatles. Lennon married Cynthia Powell in August 1962 and later married Yoko Ono who he met at the Indica Gallery in London. In 1970, the Beatles split and Lennon embarked on a solo career. Although his first solo album Imagine and the song with the same name, reflected many of his personal and idealistic dreams for the world, it became the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed album of his career. On 8 December 1980, he became a victim of an assassination by a crazed fan. He died on the doorstep of The Dakota building in New York, aged forty.
by Tom Blau
modern bromide print from an original negative, November 1969
NPG x131957
by Herb Schmitz
bromide fibre print, early 1970s
NPG x68800
by Cecil Beaton
pencil, 1969
NPG D17947(122)
The Beatles (John Lennon; Paul McCartney; George Harrison; Ringo Starr)
by Robert Whitaker
cibachrome print, 1966
NPG P733
The Beatles (Paul McCartney; Ringo Starr; George Harrison; John Lennon)
by Linda McCartney
platinum print, 1967
NPG P577
T for The Beatles (John Lennon; Paul McCartney; George Harrison; Ringo Starr)
by Sir Peter Thomas Blake
screenprint, 1991
NPG 6672
The Beatles (Pete Best; George Harrison; John Lennon; Paul McCartney)
by (Peter) Michael ('Mike') McCartney (McGear)
bromide print, early 1960s
NPG x88777
by (Peter) Michael ('Mike') McCartney (McGear)
bromide print, early 1960s
NPG x88780
John Lennon; Paul McCartney; Pete Best; George Harrison
by (Peter) Michael ('Mike') McCartney (McGear)
bromide print, early 1960s
NPG x88785
The Beatles with Gerry and The Pacemakers and Roy Orbison
by Harry Hammond
bromide fibre print, 1963
NPG x15551
The Beatles (Ringo Starr; George Harrison; Paul McCartney; John Lennon)
by Fiona Adams
modern bromide fibre print from digital file, April 1963
NPG x128566
The Beatles (Ringo Starr; George Harrison; Paul McCartney; John Lennon)
by Fiona Adams
modern bromide fibre contact sheet from digital file, 1963
NPG x128567
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