Group outside the 'the British Ambassador's residence in Rome, the Villa Wolkonsky'
1 portrait of Dorothy Hyson
Group outside the 'the British Ambassador's residence in Rome, the Villa Wolkonsky'
by Unknown photographer
colour snapshot print, May 1955
4 3/8 in. x 3 1/4 in. (112 mm x 82 mm) image size
Given by Virginia Surtees, 1992
Photographs Collection
NPG x136235
Artistback to top
- Unknown photographer, Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 6584 portraits.
Sittersback to top
- Sir (Henry) Ashley Clarke (1903-1994), Diplomat. Sitter in 17 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 33 portraits.
- Jan da Silva. Sitter in 2 portraits.
- Melchior Gaston ('Mel') Ferrer (1917-2008), Actor; former husband of Audrey Hepburn. Sitter in 12 portraits.
- Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993), Actress. Sitter in 53 portraits.
- Dorothy Hyson (Dorothy Wardell Heisen, later Lady Quayle) (1914-1996), Actress; former wife of Robert Douglas, and later wife of Sir Anthony Quayle; daughter of Dorothy Dickson and Carl Hyson (née Heisen). Sitter in 20 portraits.
- Sir (John) Anthony Quayle (1913-1989), Actor and theatre director. Sitter in 12 portraits.
- Virginia Surtees (1917-2017), Author and Rossetti scholar; former wife of Sir (Henry) Ashley Clarke; daughter of Edward Bell. Sitter in 9 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 40 portraits.
- Iris Tree (Iris Winifred Reine Daphne Ledebur (née Beerbohm-Tree, later Moffat)) (1897-1968), Poet, actress and painter; daughter of Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree. Sitter in 6 portraits.
Placesback to top
- Place made and portrayed: Italy (the British Ambassador's residence, the Villa Wolkonsky, Rome, Italy)
Events of 1955back to top
Current affairs
Robert Anthony Eden becomes prime minister. In May 1955 Winston Churchill resigned due to ill health. His successor proved to be a similarly popular leader, winning an increased majority at the general election that year. Eden's popularity was due to a combination of his long wartime service, good looks and charm.Art and science
Mary Quant introduces the 'Chelsea Look' with her Bazaar boutique. In the 1960s Quant was a major contributor to 'swinging London' introducing some of the seminal items of 1960s fashion: the miniskirt, hot pants, paint-box make-up and plastic raincoats.International
West Germany joins NATO, prompting the East European Communist counties to respond by forming the Warsaw Pact. The signatories of the Warsaw Pact pledged to defend each other if any member was attacked. This development was a major event in the Cold War as it firmly established the East and West as opposing military powers.Comments back to top
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Colin Harrison
24 November 2017, 20:40
The title would more correctly be 'the British Ambassador's residence, the Villa Wolkonsky'