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Archive staff at the National Portrait Gallery
by Liam Woon
bromide fibre print, August 1988
9 7/8 in. x 9 7/8 in. (250 mm x 250 mm) image size
Given by Liam Woon, 1988
Photographs Collection
NPG x138836
Sittersback to top
- Penelope ('Penny') Dearsley, Secretary, National Portrait Gallery. Sitter in 4 portraits. Identify
- Rosemary Evison (1951-2012), Slide Librarian, National Portrait Gallery. Sitter in 4 portraits. Identify
- Terence Pepper (1949-), Curator of Photographs, National Portrait Gallery. Sitter in 11 portraits, Artist or producer of 3 portraits. Identify
- Jennifer Ramkalawon, Curator of prints and drawings, British Museum. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Jacob Simon, Chief Curator, National Portrait Gallery. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
- Ian Thomas (1964-), Assistant Curator, Photographs Collection, National Portrait Gallery. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Valerie Vaughan Batson, Librarian, National Portrait Gallery. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
- Sarah Wimbush, Research Assistant, National Portrait Gallery. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
Placesback to top
- Place made and portrayed: United Kingdom: England, London (National Portrait Gallery, London)
Events of 1988back to top
Current affairs
A Pan Am jumbo jet is brought down by a bomb over Lockerbie in Scotland, killing 259 passengers and 11 people on the ground. The Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary launched Britain's largest criminal investigation before convicting a Libyan intelligence officer of planting the bomb.Art and science
Professor Stephen Hawking publishes his popular book on cosmology, A Brief History Of Time.Damien Hirst and his fellow Goldsmiths students organise the exhibition Freeze in a disused block in the Docklands. The exhibition launched the careers of many of the young British artists (YBAs) associated with Brit Art including Gary Hume, Michael Landy, Sarah Lucas, Angus Fairhurst, and Anya Gallaccio.
International
Iraq drops poison gas on the Iraqi Kurdish city of Halabja, killing thousands of civilians. The city was held at the time by Iranian forces and Iraqi Kurdish rebels, although there was initially some debate over which side was responsible for the atrocity. It was the largest-scale chemical attack on civilians in modern times.Tell us more back to top
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