Lionel Bart
(1930-1999), Composer, lyricist and playwrightSitter in 8 portraits
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by Daniel Farson
glossy bromide print, 1950s
NPG x25198
Frank Norman with five actors, including Dudley Sutton, rehearsing 'Fings ain't wot they used t'be'
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1959
NPG x129544
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1959
NPG x129545
Lionel Bart; Alma Cogan; Tommy Steele
by (Dezider) Dezo Hoffmann
gelatin silver print, 6 June 1960
NPG x198431
by Baron Studios
5 x 4 inch film negative, 19 April 1961
NPG x125602
by Baron Studios
5 x 4 inch film negative, 19 April 1961
NPG x125603
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