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Jacob Bronowski; Clare Bronowski

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Jacob Bronowski; Clare Bronowski

by Sandra Lousada
gelatin silver print, 1961
11 3/4 in. x 11 7/8 in. (300 mm x 303 mm) image size
Purchased, 2011
Photographs Collection
NPG x135449

Sittersback to top

  • Clare Bronowski (1955-), Daughter of Jacob Bronowski. Sitter in 2 portraits.
  • Jacob Bronowski (1908-1974), Mathematician, poet and humanist. Sitter in 4 portraits.

Artistback to top

  • Sandra Lousada (1938-), Photographer. Artist or producer of 44 portraits.

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Events of 1961back to top

Current affairs

Peter Benenson's article The Forgotten Prisoners is published internationally, inspiring the founding of the human rights organisation, Amnesty International.
The philosopher and peace activist Bertrand Russell is imprisoned for inciting civil disobedience during a sit down demonstration at the Ministry of Defence and Hyde Park.
The farthing coin - used in Britain for the last 7 centuries - ceases to be legal tender.

Art and science

Rudolf Nureyev defects from the USSR fearing that the KGB would arrest him for being gay and for fraternising with foreigners. After seeking asylum in Paris he set up home in London at the Royal Ballet and began his famous partnership with Margot Fonteyn.
The satirical magazine, Private Eye is first published.

International

The East German government erects the Berlin Wall, ceasing free movement between East and West Berlin. The barrier prevented citizens of Soviet controlled East Germany from crossing the border into West Germany to work, or to defect.
Yuri Gagarin, the soviet cosmonaut, becomes the first man in space orbiting the earth on the 12th April.

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Stephen Moss

23 March 2019, 14:20

The portrait is at Dr Bronowski’s home in Highgate, London.

great-british

17 March 2017, 10:31

The other sitter here looks like Clare Bronowski, who was born in 1955.