Tony Blair
(1953-), Prime MinisterAnthony Charles Lynton ('Tony') Blair
Sitter in 15 portraits
Prime Minister for three terms, 1997-2007, and Labour's longest serving Prime Minister. Tony Blair was born in Edinburgh and educated at Fettes College and St John's College, Oxford. He was called to the Bar in 1976 and began a career as a barrister. He was elected to parliament as Labour MP for Sedgefield in 1983. On the death of John Smith in 1994 he was selected as Leader of the Labour Party and set to modernise the party, as 'New Labour'. He is remembered domestically for implementing the Human Rights Act, devolution of government for Scotland and Wales, and for the 'Good Friday Agreement' in Northern Ireland, and internationally for his support for the American invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq.
by Lord Snowdon
gelatin silver print, 12 January 1995
NPG P1854
Tony Blair ('Helicopter Flight from RAF Lyneham to Battersea')
by Nick Danziger
bromide print, 3 April 2003
NPG P1297
by Alastair Adams
oil on board, 2013
NPG 6974
by David Cruickshanks
chromogenic print, 3 June 2001
NPG x88946
by Eamonn McCabe
R-type colour print, 10 September 2001
NPG x125119
Kathryn Blair; Euan Blair; Cherie Blair (née Booth); Tony Blair; Nicky Blair
by Terry O'Neill
R-type colour print from original transparency, 2001
NPG x126119
'The "den", 10 Downing Street' (Tony Blair and Alastair Campbell)
by Nick Danziger
bromide print, 14 March 2003
On display in Room 28 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG x131293
by Nick Danziger
bromide print, 26 March 2003
NPG x131295
'The Road to Camp David Heliport' (sitters including Tony Blair and George W. Bush)
by Nick Danziger
bromide print, 27 March 2003
NPG x131296
Cherie Blair (née Booth); Tony Blair
by John Swannell
archival digital print, 2010
NPG x134406
by kennardphillipps (Peter Kennard and Cat Phillipps)
litho printed poster, 2006
NPG D42643
by kennardphillipps (Peter Kennard and Cat Phillipps)
archival pigment print, 2007
NPG D48897
Related People
- Cherie Blair (née Booth) (wife)
- Euan Anthony Blair (son)
- Kathryn Hazel Blair (daughter)
- Nicholas John ('Nicky') Blair (son)
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