Sir William Reid Dick with his statue of 'Lady Godiva'
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir William Reid Dick with his statue of 'Lady Godiva'
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, circa 1948
8 1/8 in. x 6 1/8 in. (205 mm x 155 mm) image size
Given by Terence Pepper, 2013
Photographs Collection
NPG x194077
Sitterback to top
- Sir William Reid Dick (1878-1961), Sculptor. Sitter in 31 portraits, Artist or producer of 4 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Unknown photographer, Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 6584 portraits.
Events of 1948back to top
Current affairs
Prince Charles is born in Buckingham Palace; he is the first son of Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of EdinburghThe Secretary of State for Health, Aneurin Bevan, introduces the National Health Service. Health services in Britain were now funded from central taxation and free at the point of use for every resident of the country.
Art and science
The First Morris Minor car designed by Alec Issigonis and his team (also responsible for the Mini) takes to the road, becoming a popular and classic English design.F.R. Leavis publishes his influential study of the English novel, The Great Tradition. The book set out Leavis's ideas on the proper relationship between literary form and moral concern.
International
The policy of Apartheid is adopted in South Africa. Apartheid was a set of laws allowing racial segregation and discrimination against the black majority by the white ruling class.As part of the dispute between Western and Soviet controlled Berlin, the Soviet Union blockades West Berlin, cutting off supplies. Anxious to avoid a conflict, America, Britain and France responded by flying in food and other provisions.
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