Paul Merton
© Trevor Leighton / National Portrait Gallery, London
Paul Merton
by Trevor Leighton
bromide print, 1994
9 7/8 in. x 9 1/2 in. (250 mm x 240 mm)
Given by Trevor Leighton, 1994
Photographs Collection
NPG x47390
Artistback to top
- Trevor Leighton (1957-), Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 249 portraits, Sitter in 3 portraits.
This portraitback to top
This portrait shows Merton with the dolphin that featured in his sketch show Paul Merton - The Series (1991-93)
Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top
- Comedians: From the 1940s to now (17 September 2011 - 8 January 2012)
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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