Alan Donald Whicker

by Barry Fantoni
pencil, gouache and collage, 1975
13 3/4 in. x 11 in. (350 mm x 280 mm)
Given by Barry Ernest Fantoni, 2006
Primary Collection
NPG 6787

Sitterback to top

Alan Donald Whicker (1925-2013), Television broadcaster and writer. Sitter in 2 portraits.

Artistback to top

Barry Ernest Fantoni (1940-), Broadcaster, cartoonist and jazz musician. Artist of 17 portraits, Sitter in 7 portraits.

This portraitback to top

This collaged caricature, using a real map, reflects Whicker's globe-trotting career.

Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top

Caricatures by Barry Fantoni (23 June 2007 - 20 September 2007)

Portrait setback to top

Figures from the media: caricatures by Barry Fantoni, 1960s-1970s

Subjects & Themesback to top

Events of 1975back to top

Current affairs

Britain votes to remain part of the European Economic Community. In the Labour government's referendum, 67% of voters answered 'yes' to the question 'Do you think the UK should stay in the European Community (Common Market)?'

Art and science

The rock band Queen release their epic single Bohemian Rhapsody which reaches Number 1 in the pop charts and stays there for nine weeks. It is the only single to have been a Christmas Number 1 twice, due to its re-release in 1991 following Freddie Mercury's death, and the promotional video is often regarded as the first real music video.

International

The communist organisation, Khymer Rouge, led by Pol Pot, takes over Cambodia renaming it Democratic Kampuchea. Khymer Rouge began its policy of forcible relocating the urban population to the countryside and brutally purging those sectors of society considered by Pol Pot to be a potential threat to the revolution: Buddhist monks, people with education, disabled people, and ethnic minorities.

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