Sir Stafford Cripps
(1889-1952), StatesmanSir (Richard) Stafford Cripps
Sitter in 42 portraits
Lawyer and Labour politician; a nephew of Beatrice Webb, Cripps served as Solicitor-General in Ramsay Macdonald's 1930-1 government. Cripps was ambassador in Moscow (1940-2) and from 1942 a member of the War Cabinet and Minister of Aircraft Production (1942-5). It is as Chancellor of the Exchequer (1947-50) that he is best known, his policy of strict taxation and wage freezing earning him the nickname 'Austerity' Cripps.
by Isaac Michael Cohen
oil on canvas, exhibited 1931
NPG 4672
Arthur Deakin; Sir Stafford Cripps
by Sir David Low
pencil, circa 1940s-1952
NPG 4529(114a)
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 19 December 1930
NPG x19401
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 19 December 1930
NPG x19402
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 19 December 1930
NPG x84044
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1931
NPG x166857
by Press Portrait Bureau
bromide press print, March 1938
NPG x184338
by Walter Stoneman
negative, copied July 1941
NPG x409
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, March 1942
NPG x163690
by Central Press
bromide print, 25 November 1942
NPG x88329
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1945
NPG x11109
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1945
NPG x11110
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1945
NPG x11111
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1945
NPG x11112
by H. Sheldrake, for Barratt's Photo Press Ltd
bromide press print, 4 December 1947
NPG x184339
by Charles H. Hewitt
vintage bromide print, circa 1947
NPG x139564
by Charles H. Hewitt
vintage bromide print, circa 1947
NPG x139565
Sir Stafford Cripps and an unknown man
by Charles H. Hewitt
vintage bromide print, circa 1947
NPG x139566
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