L.S. Lowry with John F.W. Bryon; Gerald W. Brookes Cotton; Frank Mullineaux
1 portrait of L.S. Lowry
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L.S. Lowry with John F.W. Bryon; Gerald W. Brookes Cotton; Frank Mullineaux
by Tillotsons Newspapers Ltd
bromide press print, 30 October 1964
6 1/4 in. x 8 1/4 in. (160 mm x 208 mm)
Given by Frank Mullineux
Photographs Collection
NPG x20157
Sittersback to top
- John F.W. Bryon, Librarian. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Gerald W. Brookes Cotton (1920-1975), Librarian. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Laurence Stephen ('L.S.') Lowry (1887-1976), Painter. Sitter in 22 portraits, Artist or producer of 2 portraits. Identify
- Frank Mullineaux (1907-1990), Keeper at Monks Hall Museum. Sitter in 1 portrait.
This portraitback to top
The photograph was taken for Tillotsons Newspapers Ltd. The occasion was a celebration of Lowry's 77th birthday at an exhibition at Monks Hall Museum, Eccles, for which artists had been asked to submit a work. The only one to refuse was Graham Sutherland. Lowry is seen with John F.W. Bryon, librarian at Eccles and later at Salford University; Gerald W. Brookes Cotton, Borough Librarian of Swinton and Pendlebury and from 1966, City Librarian of Salford; Frank Mullineaux, Keeper of Monks Hall Museum. Lowry stands in front of a painting by Carel Weight.
Placesback to top
- Place made: United Kingdom: England, Greater Manchester (Monk's Hall Museum, Eccles)
Events of 1964back to top
Current affairs
Harold Wilson narrowly wins the general election for the Labour Party, the first of his four election victories.Peter Allen and Gwynne Evans become the last people to be executed in the United Kingdom before capital punishment was abolished in 1965.
The Sun newspaper replaces the Daily Herald.
Art and science
Top of the Pops begins its reign as the longest running television music show. The first broadcast was presented by Jimmy Savile and included the Rolling Stones, Dusty Springfield, The Hollies and The Beatles, who were the show's first number 1 with I Want to Hold Your Hand.International
The Civil Rights Act is passed in the USA, outlawing discrimination based on race, colour, religion, sex or national origin. The Act abolished the 'Jim Crow Laws' in the Southern States, making forced segregation illegal.After spending two years in prison Nelson Mandela is sentenced to Life in Prison for the crimes of sabotage and crimes equivalent to treason against the Republic of South Africa.
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David Saywell
23 October 2021, 06:48
The Weight painting is one in the ‘Death of Lucretia’ series from 1963, close to this one http://www.artnet.com/artists/carel-weight/the-death-of-lucretia-cS9mjJZKikRaFj1OaXfnxQ2