John Bayley; Iris Murdoch
1 portrait of Iris Murdoch
John Bayley; Iris Murdoch
by Derry Moore, 12th Earl of Drogheda
colour print, 29 September 1992
13 3/4 in. x 11 5/8 in. (349 mm x 297 mm)
Purchased, 1993
Primary Collection
NPG P530
Sittersback to top
- John Oliver Bayley (1925-2015), Teacher, critic and writer; husband of Dame Iris Murdoch. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Dame (Jean) Iris Murdoch (1919-1999), Novelist and philosopher. Sitter in 35 portraits. Identify
Artistback to top
- Derry Moore, 12th Earl of Drogheda (1937-), Photographer. Artist or producer of 45 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
This portraitback to top
Murdoch is photographed in the garden of their house in Oxford with her husband, teacher, writer and critic whom she married in 1956. Both were Oxford dons.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 449
Placesback to top
- Place made and portrayed: United Kingdom: England, Oxfordshire (garden, sitters' home, Oxford, Oxfordshire)
Events of 1992back to top
Current affairs
The Church of England votes narrowly in favour of the ordination of women priests. The first women priests were ordained in 1994, inspiring the popular sitcom The Vicar of Dibley.John Major is forced to take the pound off the European Exchange Rate Mechanism after Black Wednesday, when currency dealers continued selling sterling despite a dramatic increase in interest rates. The event damaged the Conservative party's reputation irreparably.
Art and science
The long-running sitcom Absolutely Fabulous airs for the first time on the BBC starring Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley as style-obsessed, middle-aged media luvvies Eddy and Patsy. June Whitfield played Eddy's mother, and Julia Sawalha her long-suffering daughter Saffy (or, 'sweetie darling').International
Members of the European Community sign the Maastricht Treaty leading to the creation of the European Union. The treaty led to the creation of the 'Euro' currency and its policy was based on a 'three pillars structure' concerned with: 1. Community. 2 . Foreign and Security Policy. 3. Criminal Matters.At a referendum, Bosnia and Herzegovina vote to become a separate state from Yugoslavia. Civil war soon broke out.
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