Women's Page Contributors to The Guardian
2 of 2 portraits by Sarah Raphael
Women's Page Contributors to The Guardian
by Sarah Raphael
oil on paper laid on board, 1994
21 7/8 in. x 31 1/2 in. (557 mm x 800 mm)
Commissioned with help from The Guardian, 1994
Primary Collection
NPG 6247
Sittersback to top
- Dame Elizabeth Anne Lucy Forgan (1944-), Journalist and media director. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Posy Simmonds (1945-), Cartoonist. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
- Mary Stott (1907-2002), Journalist. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
- Polly Toynbee (1946-), Journalist. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Jill Sheila Tweedie (1936-1993), Journalist. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
Artistback to top
- Sarah Raphael (1960-2001), Painter. Artist or producer of 2 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
This portraitback to top
This group portrait unites some of the regular contributors to the iconic Guardian Women's Page. Established as a platform for women's voices and concerns in 1957, under the editorship of the pioneering Mary Stott (far right), problems discussed on the page often became campaigning issues. Some of Stott's regular contributors, pictured here (from left to right) are cartoonist and illustrator Posy Simmonds, journalist and writer the late Jill Tweedie, columnist and broadcaster Polly Toynbee and journalist and Chair of the Heritage Lottery Fund Dame Liz Forgan. Commissioned with assistance from The Guardian
Linked publicationsback to top
- Flavia Frigeri, Women At Work: 1900 to Now, 2023
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 730
Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top
- Icons and Idols: Commissioning Contemporary Portraits (2 March 2006 - 18 June 2006)
Subjects & Themesback to top
Events of 1994back to top
Current affairs
The Queen opens the Channel Tunnel. After seven years of digging, various financial hold-ups and technical difficulties, a long-awaited rail link is created between Britain and France. The tunnel is 31 miles long with 24 miles under the sea, the longest under-sea tunnel in the world.Art and science
Trevor Bayliss starts production of his clockwork radio. The innovation is a fantastic example of simple environmentally friendly design and has been found particularly useful in areas where there is no electricity supply, such as remote communities in Africa.Blur release their classic Britpop album depicting London life, Parklife.
International
Violence breaks out in Rwanda. An estimated 800,000 people were massacred in the Rwandan Genocide, most of them Tutsis, murdered by extremist Hutu militia groups.South Africa holds its first democratic elections in which full enfranchisement is granted. The African National Congress led by Nelson Mandela won the majority of the vote, and Mandela became the country's first black State President.
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Sue Chalmers
02 October 2015, 19:30
Liz Forgan is my sister so I am very glad to have such a good role model ! Glad to see it is still there Sue