Gerald Leslie Brockhurst
1 portrait of Gerald Leslie Brockhurst
© National Portrait Gallery, London
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Gerald Leslie Brockhurst
by Unknown photographer
vintage print, 19 June 1939
9 3/8 in. x 6 1/2 in. (237 mm x 166 mm) image size
Purchased, 2013
Photographs Collection
NPG x137220
Sitterback to top
- Gerald Leslie Brockhurst (1890-1978), Artist. Sitter in 27 portraits, Artist or producer of 3 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Unknown photographer, Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 6583 portraits.
Placesback to top
- Place made and portrayed: United Kingdom: England, London (sitter's studio, London)
Events of 1939back to top
Current affairs
Britain goes to war. The German invasion of Poland demonstrated that the policy of appeasement had failed. After refusing to meet Britain's ultimatum to withdraw troops, Britain and France declared war on Germany. The Second World War had begun.Art and science
The Sutton Hoo burial ship is discovered. Apparently following a dream, Mrs Pretty invited the archaeologist Basil Brown to investigate a series of burial mounds on her estate on the banks of the river Deben in Suffolk. The excavation revealed an Anglo-Saxon burial, uncovering the most significant horde of early medieval artefacts found in Britain (now housed at the British Museum).International
The Second World War begins. Germany's invasion of Poland prompted Britain and France to declare war forming the core of the Allied powers. As part of the Soviet-Nazi Pact, the Soviet Union joined the war on the German side, helping, with Italy, to form the Axis Powers. Poland was soon overpowered and the Baltic Republics and Finland were invaded by the Soviet Union.Comments back to top
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