Kim Philby
1 portrait by Jimmy Wilds
© Keystone Press Agency Ltd / Hulton Archive / Getty Images
Kim Philby
by Jimmy Wilds, for Keystone Press Agency Ltd
vintage print, 8 November 1955
9 1/2 in. x 7 1/2 in. (241 mm x 191 mm) image size
Purchased, 2013
Photographs Collection
NPG x137481
Artistsback to top
- Keystone Press Agency Ltd, Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 190 portraits.
- Jimmy Wilds (active mid 20th century), Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 11 portraits.
This portraitback to top
Photographed at Philby's family home, Drayton Park, by Jimmy Wilds for Keystone Press Agency Ltd.
Placesback to top
- Place made and portrayed: United Kingdom: England, London (sitter's mother's home, Drayton Park, London)
Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top
- Photograph of the Month: July 2013 (1 July 2013 - 27 July 2013)
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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