8 OF 44

Clement Attlee and Prime Ministers at the Commonwealth Conference

8 of 44 portraits of Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein

by Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 11 October 1948
Given by Bassano & Vandyk Studios, 1974
Photographs Collection
NPG x72000

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Bassano (active 1902-1979). Artist associated with 41925 portraits.

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Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison (1869-1951), Statesman. Sitter in 18 portraits.
Albert Victor Alexander, Earl Alexander of Hillsborough (1885-1965), Politician. Sitter in 30 portraits.
Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee (1883-1967), Prime Minister. Sitter in 43 portraits.
Sir Girja Shankar Bajpai (1891-1954), Indian politician and Governor of Bombay. Sitter in 3 portraits.
John Albert Beasley (1895-1949), High Commissioner for Australia in London since 1946. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Neville Rennie Bertram (1909-1974), Rhodesian politician. Sitter in 3 portraits.
Ernest Bevin (1881-1951), Trade unionist and politician. Sitter associated with 58 portraits.
Herbert Cole Coombs (1906-1997), Director-General of Post-War Reconstruction in Australia. Sitter in 3 portraits.
Sir (Richard) Stafford Cripps (1889-1952), Statesman. Sitter in 26 portraits.
(Edward) Hugh John Neale Dalton, Baron Dalton (1887-1962), Labour politician. Sitter in 24 portraits.
Leif Egeland (1903-1996), Politician and High Commissioner for South Africa. Sitter in 3 portraits.
Herbert Vere Evatt (1894-1965), Australian judge and politician. Sitter in 9 portraits.
Bruce Austin Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape (1888-1981), Admiral of the Fleet. Sitter in 14 portraits.
Peter Fraser (1884-1950), Prime Minister of New Zealand. Sitter in 11 portraits.
Kenneth MacKenzie Goodenough (1891-1985), High Commissioner for Rhodesia. Sitter in 11 portraits.
Sir Oliver Ernest Goonetilleke (1892-1978), Underwriting Member of Lloyd's, London and High Commissioner for Ceylon. Sitter in 5 portraits.
Patrick Chrestien Gordon Walker, Baron Gordon-Walker (1907-1980), Foreign Secretary and author. Sitter in 54 portraits.
Sir Leslie Chasemore ('Jo') Hollis (1897-1963), General, company director and author. Sitter in 12 portraits.
Sir William Joseph Jordan (1879-1959), Politician. Sitter in 14 portraits.
Liaquat Ali Khan (1895-1951), Prime Minister of Pakistan. Sitter in 7 portraits.
Vengalil Krishnan Krishna Menon (1896-1974), Statesman and Lawyer. Sitter in 7 portraits.
Sir (John) Gilbert Laithwaite (1894-1986), Politician and diplomat. Sitter in 8 portraits.
Eric Hendrik Louw (1890-1968), South African Politician. Sitter in 10 portraits.
Sir Eric Gustav Machtig (1889-1973), Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations. Sitter in 6 portraits.
Sir Alister Donald McIntosh (1906-1978), New Zealand politician and statesman. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Godfrey Martin Huggins, 1st Viscount Malvern of Rhodesia and Bexley (1883-1971), Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia. Sitter in 20 portraits.
Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (1887-1976), Field Marshal. Sitter associated with 44 portraits.
Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth (1888-1965), Politician. Sitter associated with 95 portraits.
W.C. Naudé, South African politician. Sitter in 3 portraits.
Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964), First Prime Minister of India; son of Pandit Motilal Nehru. Sitter associated with 18 portraits.
Philip John Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker (1889-1982), Politician. Sitter in 19 portraits.
Norman Craven Brook, Baron Normanbrook (1902-1967), Secretary of the cabinet. Sitter in 19 portraits.
John Whitney ('Jack') Pickersgill (1905-1997), Canadian civil servant and politician. Sitter in 3 portraits.
Norman Alexander Robertson (1904-1968), Canadian High Commissioner in London and diplomat. Sitter in 3 portraits.
Louis Stephen St-Laurent (1882-1973), Prime Minister of Canada. Sitter in 5 portraits.
Don Stephen Senanayake (1884-1952), Prime Minister of Ceylon. Sitter in 11 portraits.
Arthur William Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder (1890-1967), Marshal of the Royal Air Force and Chancellor of the University of Cambridge. Sitter in 11 portraits.
Sir Kanthiah Vaithianathan (1896-1965), Sri Lankan Politician. Sitter in 3 portraits.
Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan (1893-1985), Politician and President of the International Court of Justice. Sitter in 6 portraits.

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After the euphoria of the election, Labour faced the solemn business of government and the struggle to rebuild Britain in a time of extreme economic crisis. Further afield, existing power structures such as the British Commonwealth shifted in response to the constitutional changes affecting the dwindling British Empire.