Victor Musgrave; Ida Kar
8 of 36 portraits of Victor Musgrave
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Victor Musgrave; Ida Kar
by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1944
Purchased, 1999
Photographs Collection
NPG x134501
Sittersback to top
- Ida Kar (1908-1974), Photographer. Sitter in 137 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 1567 portraits.
- Victor Musgrave (1919-1984), Art dealer and collector; founder of Gallery One. Sitter in 36 portraits, Artist or producer of 1 portrait.
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- Ida Kar (1908-1974), Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 1567 portraits, Sitter in 137 portraits.
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London is hit by the V1 Flying Bomb. This weapon, developed by the German Luftwaffe and colloquially known as the 'Buzz Bomb', or 'Doodlebug', was the first guided missile and was used for attacks on targets in England and Belgium.Art and science
Laurence Olivier's epic film version of Henry V is released. Olivier directed and starred in the film, which was partly funded by the British government in recognition of its morale-boosting patriotic appeal. The cast included service men as Henry's army.International
France is liberated from German-occupation following the Battle for Normandy. Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of occupied-France led by Field Marshall Montgomery, was the largest seaborne invasion in history, involving almost three million soldiers crossing the channel from England to France. Troops landed on the 6th June (D-Day), and Paris was liberated in late August.Comments back to top
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