The Who (Keith Moon; Pete Townshend; John Entwistle; Roger Daltrey)

Sittersback to top

• Roger Harry Daltrey (1944-), Musician; founder and lead singer for The Who. Sitter in 8 portraits.
• John Entwistle (1944-2002), Musician; guitarist for The Who. Sitter in 5 portraits.
• Keith Moon (1946-1978), Musician, drummer for The Who. Sitter in 6 portraits.
• Peter Dennis Blandford ('Pete') Townshend (1945-), Musician; singer, guitarist and composer for The Who; publisher and author. Sitter associated with 15 portraits.

Artistback to top

• Colin Jones (1936-). Artist of 2 portraits.

This portraitback to top

Left to right: Keith Moon, (1947-1978) (drums), Pete Townshend (b.1945) (guitar), John Entwistle (1944-2002) (bass), and Roger Daltrey (b.1944) (vocals). The Who, first managed by Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp, were Britain's most successful, guitar-breaking Mod Group. Photographed for the cover of The Observer magazine between their hits My Generation (November 1965) and Substitute (March 1966) at a Manchester airport hotel. Jones, a dancer turned photographer, (once married to Lynn Seymour), best known for his gritty black and white photographs of Northern life, improvised the background in the dreary hotel room, by borrowing the Union jack flag from a nearby airport flag-pole.

Linked publicationsback to top

• , p. 125
• Whitaker, Robert, Beatles to Bowie: the 60s exposed, 2009 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 15 October 2009 - 24 January 2010), p. 125

Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top

• Beatles to Bowie: the 60s exposed (15 October 2009 - 24 January 2010)
• Blow Up: Sixties Photography Exposed (21 September 2002 - 27 April 2003)

Subjects & Themesback to top

• Flags and banners
• Group portraits
• Jewellery