Alistair Cooke
(1908-2004), Journalist and broadcasterSitter in 4 portraits
British-born journalist and broadcaster working principally in America and regarded as an authority on Anglo-American cultural affairs; studied at Jesus College, Cambridge in the late 1920s and early 30s, and began broadcasting his weekly Letter from America for BBC Radio in 1946.
by Ramsey & Muspratt
bromide print, 1932
NPG P363(6)
by Bern Schwartz
dye transfer print, 18 April 1978
NPG P1155
by Roger George Clark
bromide print, 27 July 1977
NPG x15102
by Cecil Beaton
pencil, late 1960s-early 1970s
NPG D17941(85)
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