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Anthony Asquith

(1902-1968), Film director

Sitter associated with 31 portraits
Anthony Asquith was a film director. Born in London, he was the son of Herbert Henry Asquith, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during World War I, and Margot Asquith. His first successful film was Pygmalion (1938) based on the George Bernard Shaw play. His later films included The Winslow Boy (1948), The Browning Version (1951), and The Importance of Being Earnest (1952). The last two starred Michael Redgrave. All three were remade in subsequent years.

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'Sunday Afternoon', by Lady Ottoline Morrell - NPG Ax141429

'Sunday Afternoon'

by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1923
NPG Ax141429

'The Wharf', by Lady Ottoline Morrell - NPG Ax142198

'The Wharf'

by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1925
NPG Ax142198

Garsington visitors, by Lady Ottoline Morrell - NPG Ax142565

Garsington visitors

by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, June 1926
NPG Ax142565

Anthony Asquith; Alix Strachey, by Unknown photographer - NPG Ax131211

Anthony Asquith; Alix Strachey

by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, late 1920s
NPG Ax131211

Anthony Asquith, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x19083

Anthony Asquith

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 17 September 1927
NPG x19083

Anthony Asquith, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x19084

Anthony Asquith

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 17 September 1927
NPG x19084

Anthony Asquith, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x19085

Anthony Asquith

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 17 September 1927
NPG x19085

Anthony Asquith, by (Ernest) Cyril Stanborough - NPG x35129

Anthony Asquith

by (Ernest) Cyril Stanborough
bromide print, 1930s
NPG x35129

Anthony Asquith, by Paul Tanqueray - NPG x7245

Anthony Asquith

by Paul Tanqueray
vintage bromide print, 1932
NPG x7245

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