Sir William Walter Stabb
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir William Walter Stabb
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 1 May 1968
Purchased, 2004
Photographs Collection
NPG x177100
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- Bassano Ltd (active 1901-1962), Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 42746 portraits.
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- Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (photographer's studio, 78 Wigmore Street, London)
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Enoch Powell delivers his 'Rivers of Blood' speech in Birmingham in opposition to anti-discrimination legislation and immigration from the commonwealth. The speech is usually regarded as racist and blamed for stirring up racial prejudice. Powell was sacked from the shadow cabinet as a result, but received considerable public approval at the time for his views.Fay Sislin becomes England first black woman police officer.
Art and science
Beaton Portraits is the first ever photographic exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery. Under the directorship of Roy Strong, the exhibition introduced a new, theatrical approach to display, and was so popular that the national press reported on the length of queues to get in and it had to be extended twice.International
Civil unrest escalates in France as student protesters, joined by striking workers, clash with the police. The events came to represent the conflict between the new, liberalised, left-wing generation and the forces of authority and conservatism. French protests were mirrored by others abroad including the Prague Spring in Czechoslovakia, where political liberalisation was achieved for a few months before the country was invaded by the Soviet Union.Comments back to top
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