Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans
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Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans
by Paul Popper
bromide press print, 1940
9 7/8 in. x 7 5/8 in. (250 mm x 193 mm) image size
Transferred from Evening Standard Library, 1983
Photographs Collection
NPG x184373
Sitterback to top
- Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans (1880-1957), Admiral; Antarctic explorer. Sitter associated with 8 portraits.
Events of 1940back to top
Current affairs
Following the German invasion of the Netherlands, Belgium and France, Neville Chamberlain resigns and Churchill is appointed Prime Minister making the famous speech: 'I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.'The Battle of Britain ends the Phoney War with Germany's attack on the nation from the air. Britain's cities, airbases and ports are bombed during the Blitz.
Art and science
With little access to sculpture materials, and a bombed out studio Henry Moore starts experimenting with drawings of war subjects. After taking shelter in a London Underground station during an air raid Moore was inspired to begin a series of Shelter Drawings. With a commission from the War Artists Advisory Committee, headed by Kenneth Clark, these became some of the most popular example of official war art.International
Britain's attempt to defend France against German invasion by landing troops on the French coast ends in failure; France surrenders and Britain is left to face the Axis Powers alone. While the Dunkirk Landings were a failure, the heroic rescue of troops by a fleet of English civilian boats was a victory for morale, and the 'Dunkirk Spirit' came to stand as an emblem of British triumph in adversity.Tell us more back to top
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