Hewlett Johnson; Jacob Epstein

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Hewlett Johnson; Jacob Epstein

by Felix H. Man
bromide print, 1943
15 1/4 in. x 11 1/4 in. (387 mm x 286 mm)
Given by Felix H. Man (Hans Baumann), 1975
Primary Collection
NPG P15

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  • Felix H. Man (Hans Baumann) (1893-1985), Photographer and refugee from Nazi Germany. Artist or producer of 37 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.

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In 1928, Epstein moved to 18 Hyde Park Gate, where he would live for the rest of his life. The house had the advantage of containing a large studio, shown here. Visitors were confronted with Epstein's monumental statue Ecce Homo, 'Behold the man', which towered over the space while unfinished portrait busts clustered around its base. Carved between 1934 and 1935, this powerful depiction of Christ failed to sell. A proposal to display it at Selby Abbey was blocked by a public petition. It remained in the studio until Epstein's death and was given to Coventry Cathedral in 1969.

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Current affairs

The War effort continues with women recruited to the Home Guard and Ernie Bevin introducing conscription of miners as coal output continues to flag.
There is panic when a new anti aircraft weapon is heard for the first time in London and 173 people die in the crush to enter an air-raid shelter at Bethnal Green tube station.

Art and science

Barnes Wallis's bouncing bomb is used during Operation Chastise - the Dam busters Raid - to destroy three dams in the Ruhr area of Germany. The raid was considered a success, knocking out hydroelectric power, cutting off the water supply to industry and causing devastation through flooding. The operation also, however, cost the allies many lives, and the bouncing bomb was not used again.

International

The invasion of Sicily is successful thanks to Operation Mincemeat, in which false documents were planted on the body of a dead airman to mislead Germany into thinking that the Allied target was Sardinia. The invasion led to the fall of Mussolini and Italy joining the Allies.
42,000 German civilians are killed in a firestorm in Hamburg caused by the Allied bombing in Operation Gomorrah.

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