Anthony Asquith
(1902-1968), Film directorSitter associated with 31 portraits
Anthony Asquith was a film director. Born in London, he was the son of Herbert Henry Asquith, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during World War I, and Margot Asquith. His first successful film was Pygmalion (1938) based on the George Bernard Shaw play. His later films included The Winslow Boy (1948), The Browning Version (1951), and The Importance of Being Earnest (1952). The last two starred Michael Redgrave. All three were remade in subsequent years.
by Howard Coster
bromide print, 1935
NPG x1717
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1935
NPG x2477
by Rolf Mahrenholz
cream-toned vintage bromide print, 1940s
NPG x68832
by Lotte Meitner-Graf
gelatin silver print, 1950s
NPG x35131
by Cornel Lucas
bromide fibre print on card mount, 1950s
NPG x35130
Rex Harrison; Anthony Asquith on the set of 'The Yellow Rolls-Royce'
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, 1964
NPG x35132
by David Farrell
bromide print, 1968
NPG x125470
by Fred Daniels
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 10 August 1949
NPG x193361
Related People
- Elizabeth (née Asquith), Princess Bibesco (sister)
- Ralouka ('Rachel') Bibesco-Bassaraba (née Musurus), Princess de Brancovan (niece)
- Margaret Emma Alice ('Margot') Asquith (née Tennant), Countess of Oxford and Asquith (mother)
- Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith (father)
- Sir Charles Clow Tennant, 1st Bt (grandfather)
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