Sir Ian Frank Bowater; Ursula Margaret Bowater (née Dawson) and 17 others
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Sir Ian Frank Bowater; Ursula Margaret Bowater (née Dawson) and 17 others
by Rex Coleman, for Baron Studios
5 x 4 inch colour transparency, 1969
Given by Godfrey Argent, 1999
Photographs Collection
NPG x131209
Sittersback to top
- Sir Ian Frank Bowater (1904-1982), Lord Mayor of London. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Ursula Margaret Bowater (née Dawson) (1907-1999), Wife of Sir Ian Frank Bowater. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
Artistsback to top
- Baron Studios (active 1954-1974), Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 1302 portraits.
- Rex Coleman, Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 974 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
Placesback to top
- Place made and portrayed: United Kingdom: England, London (Salon at Mansion House, London)
Subjects & Themesback to top
Events of 1969back to top
Current affairs
The Open University is established, based on the vision of Michael Young. Its aims were to offer the chance to study for higher education qualifications on a part time and distance learning basis, giving people who were unable to attend a traditional university because of family, work commitments or disability the opportunity to achieve university degrees.Art and science
The comedy sketch show Monty Python's Flying Circus is first broadcast. The Pythons performed surreal sketches that reinvented the comedy tradition, eschewing punch lines for a stream-of-consciousness structure and incongruous authorial interventions: 'and now for something completely different'.Kenneth Tynan's Oh! Calcutta amuses and shocks audiences with full nudity on stage, taking advantage of the recent end to censorship laws.
International
Neil Armstrong takes 'one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind' when he becomes the first man on the moon.Concorde makes its first supersonic flight. The plane was designed, developed and manufactured by a joint treaty between the French and English governments.
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great-british
14 July 2016, 12:55
This looks like the Salon at Mansion House, London, which would be a logical setting for the photograph.