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T.S. Eliot

by George Platt Lynes
gelatin silver print, 1947
7 3/4 in. x 7 1/8 in. (196 mm x 182 mm)
Purchased, 2012
Primary Collection
NPG P1687

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Eliot was photographed by American photographer Platt Lynes in 1947 as a commission for Vogue. Eliot's thoughts on the portraits are revealed in a letter he wrote to the photographer in September 1947 in which he describes them as 'very good indeed' and comments that 'the total effect gives me an impression that I look like a moderately good film actor in a variety of parts.'

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Current affairs

Princess Elizabeth marries Philip Mountbatten at Westminster Abbey. Philip renounced his title of Prince of Greece and Denmark, to become Duke of Edinburgh when he married the heir to the throne.

Art and science

The first Edinburgh Festival includes performances by Kathleen Ferrier, Alec Guinness and Margot Fonteyn. The Festival is now a major annual international arts event that takes place over three weeks every August, and includes top class performers in theatre, music and dance as well as lesser-known performers who take part in the parallel 'Fringe Festival'.

International

India is granted independence from the British Empire and the former British Raj is partitioned into India and Pakistan. After various revolts and several years of civil disobedience led by Gandhi and his Quit India Movement, Britain agrees to disband the Raj and grant independence to India.
Palestine is partitioned into a Jewish State, an Arab State and a small internationally administered zone.

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