David Bailey; Catherine Bailey
1 portrait of Catherine Bailey (née Dyer)
© Armstrong Jones
David Bailey; Catherine Bailey
by Lord Snowdon
gelatin silver print, 28 October 1986
16 in. x 11 7/8 in. (406 mm x 303 mm) paper size; 12 1/8 in. x 11 1/2 in. (307 mm x 293 mm) image size
Given by Antony Charles Robert Armstrong Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, 2013
Primary Collection
NPG P1849
Sittersback to top
- Catherine Bailey (née Dyer) (1963-), Fashion model; fourth wife of photographer David Bailey. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- David Bailey (1938-), Photographer and film-maker. Sitter in 19 portraits, Artist or producer of 35 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Antony Charles Robert Armstrong Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon (1930-2017), Photographer, film-maker and designer; former husband of Princess Margaret. Artist or producer of 285 portraits, Sitter in 22 portraits.
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Events of 1986back to top
Current affairs
Hampton Court Palace is devastated by fire. Much of the third floor and the roof of the building were destroyed, although, thanks to the courage of the fire fighters, only one painting and one piece of furniture were ruined.Prince Andrew, Duke of York, marries Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey.
Art and science
Poems on the Underground, the brainchild of American writer Judith Chernaik, is launched by London Underground. A rolling programme of poems is displayed in tube train carriages, bringing contemporary and classic poetry to commuters.The Independent Newspaper is first published.
Artists, Gilbert and George win the Turner Prize.
International
An explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power station leads to nuclear meltdown in the reactor and causes massive nuclear contamination over Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, western Europe, the UK and Ireland, and even North America. The 2005 Chenobyl Forum attributed 56 direct deaths to the disaster and estimated that 9,000 people may die from some form of cancer as a result of exposure to radiation.Comments back to top
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