Violetta Elvin; Ninette de Valois; Margot Fonteyn
1 portrait of Ninette de Valois
Violetta Elvin; Ninette de Valois; Margot Fonteyn
by Keystone Press Agency Ltd
bromide press print, 14 October 1954
9 3/8 in. x 7 5/8 in. (238 mm x 195 mm) image size
Transferred from Evening Standard Library, before 1983
Photographs Collection
NPG x184371
Sittersback to top
- Dame Ninette de Valois (Edris Stannus) (1898-2001), Founder and Director of the Royal Ballet; wife of Arthur Blackall Connell. Sitter in 27 portraits. Identify
- Violetta Elvin (née Prokhorova) (1924-2021), Ballet dancer; former wife of Harold Elvin and of Siegbert Weinberger; later wife of Fernando Savarese. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Dame Margot Fonteyn (1919-1991), Ballet dancer. Sitter in 51 portraits. Identify
Artistback to top
- Keystone Press Agency Ltd, Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 190 portraits.
Events of 1954back to top
Current affairs
Roger Bannister runs the four-minute mile. Bannister was the first man to achieve the 'miracle mile', a feat that was thought by some to be impossible, beating his rival, the Australian John Landy, to the record. Bannister went on to a career as a distinguished neurologist.Food rationing ends in Britain.
Art and science
J.R.R. Tolkien publishes the first two parts of the Lord of the Rings trilogy: The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers. Tolkien was an Oxford professor of Anglo-Saxon language and literature and drew on his scholarly interests in history, language and mythology to create the fictional land of Middle Earth where the books are set.Williams Golding publishes, Lord of the Flies.
International
The South East Asia Treaty Organisation (SEATO) is established in Bangkok. This international defence organisation was established as part of the 'containment' policy of limiting the influence of communism. SEATO was, however, found to be ineffective as the member organisations failed to agree on combined action; it was disbanded in 1977.Comments back to top
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