Nigel Mansell
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Nigel Mansell
by Terry O'Neill
cibachrome print from original transparency, 1993
15 1/2 in. x 15 1/2 in. (395 mm x 395 mm)
Given by Terry O'Neill, 1998
Photographs Collection
NPG x87441
Artistback to top
- Terry O'Neill (1938-2019), Photographer. Artist or producer of 80 portraits, Sitter in 2 portraits.
Placesback to top
- Place made and portrayed: United States (Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale, Arizona, USA)
Events of 1993back to top
Current affairs
The Conservative Party is attacked in the media for 'sleaze'. Two MP's resign over sex scandals, two over the 'cash-for-questions affair', and one dies in bizarre and embarrassing circumstances. Journalist Max Clifford was responsible for exposing many of the scandals.Black teenager Stephen Lawrence is murdered in a racist attack by a gang of white youths.
Art and science
Rachel Whiteread wins the Turner Prize for her sculpture House; a concrete cast of the inside of a Victorian terraced house in East London. Controversy was caused by the work itself, by it winning the Turner Prize, and by the decision of Tower Hamlets council to demolish the sculpture.British inventor James Dyson revolutionises the vacuum cleaner with his eponymous design.
International
Czechoslovakia is divided into two countries: the Slovak Republic (Slovakia) and the Czech Republic. The division was peaceful and democratic and so became known as the 'Velvet Divorce', recalling the 'Velvet Revolution' of 1989 by which Communism in Czechoslovakia was overthrown through peaceful mass demonstrations.Comments back to top
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great-british
17 July 2016, 11:02
This and the other photograph of Mansell by Terry O'Neill should not be dated mid-1980s. It shows Mansell here in the racing overalls of the Newman/Haas racing team for whom Mansell drove in 1993 in the United States after winning the Formula One world championship in 1992. Moreover it could be dated more precisely to either January or April 1993 as the location is Phoenix International Raceway, indicated by the PIR on the side of the media/commentary box and can be just seen on the front of the box. Mansell tested there in January and this is the more likely date. He did not take part in the race on 4 April as he had a 170mph crash which hospitalised him on 3 April during practice.