Clement Attlee (1883-1967), Prime Minister
Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee
Sitter in 44 portraits
Statesman. In 1922 Attlee was elected Labour MP for Limehouse, and in 1935 he became leader of the Labour Party. He served in the coalition government in 1940-5. In the 1945 election, Labour held its first overall majority in the House of Commons. Atlee's government laid the foundations of the Welfare State and nationalised the Bank of England, transport, communications, coal, gas and electricity, and the iron and steel industries. He stepped down when Labour lost the 1955 election and was succeeded as leader by Hugh Gaitskell.
Clement Attlee; Arthur Greenwood
by Felix H. Man (Hans Baumann)
bromide print, 1939
NPG P16
by Yousuf Karsh
bromide print, 1944
On display in Room 37a at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG P241
by George Harcourt
oil on canvas, 1946
On display in Room 31 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 4593
by Robin Craig Guthrie
black and white chalk on paper laid on card, 1950s?
NPG 6502
by George Woodbine, for Daily Herald
modern bromide print from original negative, 14 November 1935
NPG x88301
by George Woodbine, for Daily Herald
modern bromide print from original negative, 26 October 1935
NPG x88302
by Bassano
half-plate nitrate negative, 13 September 1938
NPG x16588
by Bassano
half-plate nitrate negative, 13 September 1938
NPG x16589
by Bassano
vintage print, September 1938
NPG x83556
by Bassano
vintage print, September 1938
NPG x83557
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, April 1940
NPG x163784
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, August 1941
NPG x21930
by Elliott & Fry
half-plate negative, 1943
NPG x82098
by Unknown photographer, for Associated Press
bromide print, July 1945
NPG x134935
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1945
NPG x2606
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1945
NPG x2609
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1945
NPG x2610
Politics, Government and Diplomacy
Groups
British Prime Ministers
Creative Connections: London: Tower Hamlets
Place
London
