Jarvis Cocker; Amanda Jane (née Grieve), Lady Harlech
8 of 22 portraits by Mario Testino
Jarvis Cocker; Amanda Jane (née Grieve), Lady Harlech
by Mario Testino
Durst and Lambda bromide print, 1999
20 in. x 16 1/4 in. (510 mm x 412 mm)
Purchased, 2003
Primary Collection
NPG P1014
Sittersback to top
- Jarvis Branson Cocker (1963-), Musician, singer and songwriter for 'Pulp'. Sitter in 5 portraits. Identify
- Amanda Jane (née Grieve), Lady Harlech (1959-), Wife of 6th Baron Harlech. Sitter in 3 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Mario Testino (1954-), Photographer. Artist or producer of 22 portraits, Sitter in 3 portraits.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Kinmonth, Patrick, Mario Testino: Portraits, 2002 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 1 February to 4 June 2002), p. 83
Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top
- Mario Testino: New Acquisitions (24 January 2004 - 13 June 2004)
- Mario Testino: Portraits (1 February 2002 - 4 June 2002)
Events of 1999back to top
Current affairs
Following referendums in 1997, The Scottish Parliament is opened and Welsh Assembly established in 1999. The new Scottish Parliament has the powers to pass legislation and alter tax. The Welsh Assembly currently has less legislative authority but controls a budget for Wales and can amend legislation passed by Westminster.The House of Lords Act removes all but 92 Hereditary Lords from the second chamber.
Art and science
Tom Stoppard and Marc Norman's film, Shakespeare in Love wins the Oscar for Best Picture. The film, starring Joseph Fiennes, Gwyneth Paltrow, Judi Dench, Geoffrey Rush, and Colin Firth, among other British screen stars, provides a fictitious account of the events that inspired William Shakespeare to write Romeo and Juliet.International
NATO begins a bombing campaign against the government of Yugoslavia following the breakdown of the Rambouillet Accords that attempted to grant Kosovo autonomy within Serbia under NATO administration. After nearly three months of bombing, Slobodan Milosevic agreed to allow a peacekeeping force to enter Kosovo and the province was placed under a United Nations Interim Administration.Comments back to top
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