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Tony Benn; Barbara Anne Castle, Baroness Castle; Eirene Lloyd White, Baroness White of Rhymney; Harold Wilson; Anne Kerr: Jennie Lee; James Callaghan; George Alfred Brown, Baron George-Brown; Bessie Braddock
16 of 33 portraits of Jennie Lee
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Tony Benn; Barbara Anne Castle, Baroness Castle; Eirene Lloyd White, Baroness White of Rhymney; Harold Wilson; Anne Kerr: Jennie Lee; James Callaghan; George Alfred Brown, Baron George-Brown; Bessie Braddock
by David Newell-Smith
gelatin silver print, October 1968
12 in. x 15 in. (306 mm x 380 mm) overall
Given by Sonya Newell-Smith, 2018
Photographs Collection
NPG x200306
Sittersback to top
- Anthony Wedgwood ('Tony') Benn (1925-2014), Politician; Chairman of the Labour Party. Sitter in 26 portraits. Identify
- Elizabeth Margaret ('Bessie') Braddock (née Bamber) (1899-1970), Trade union activist and politician. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
- James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff (1912-2005), Prime Minister. Sitter in 22 portraits. Identify
- Barbara Anne Castle, Baroness Castle (1910-2002), Labour politician; MP for Blackburn and First Secretary of State. Sitter in 12 portraits. Identify
- George Alfred Brown, Baron George-Brown (1914-1985), Labour politician; Foreign Secretary. Sitter in 22 portraits. Identify
- Anne Kerr (1925-1973), Politician. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Janet ('Jennie') Lee, Baroness Lee of Asheridge (1904-1988), Labour politician; MP for Cannock and North Lanarkshire and Minister for the Arts; wife of Aneurin Bevan. Sitter in 33 portraits. Identify
- Eirene Lloyd White, Baroness White of Rhymney (1909-1999), Journalist and Labour politician; MP for East Flintshire and Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords. Sitter in 7 portraits. Identify
- (James) Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx (1916-1995), Prime Minister. Sitter in 55 portraits. Identify
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Beaton Portraits is the first ever photographic exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery. Under the directorship of Roy Strong, the exhibition introduced a new, theatrical approach to display, and was so popular that the national press reported on the length of queues to get in and it had to be extended twice.International
Civil unrest escalates in France as student protesters, joined by striking workers, clash with the police. The events came to represent the conflict between the new, liberalised, left-wing generation and the forces of authority and conservatism. French protests were mirrored by others abroad including the Prague Spring in Czechoslovakia, where political liberalisation was achieved for a few months before the country was invaded by the Soviet Union.Comments back to top
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great-british
28 February 2019, 13:42
A few easily identifiable missing sitters here, and others could be established by looking at https://www.shutterstock.com/editorial/image-editorial/political-labour-party-conference-at-blackpool-1968-mps-singing-auld-lang-syne-at-the-end-of-the-conference-barbara-castle-2nd-left-harold-wilson-4th-left-george-brown-4th-right-and-james-callaghan-5th-right-1532885a for a front on view.
So, from left to right Tony Benn (not catalogued); unidentified man; Barbara Castle (not catalogued); Eirene White; Harold Wilson; unidentified woman; Jennie Lee; James Callaghan; George Brown; unidentified man; Bessie Braddock
Portia Dadley
20 November 2019, 13:05
The unidentified woman in this portrait might be Labour MP Anne Kerr (1925-73), a founder member of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, who participated in the Aldermaston protest marches. 1968/9 was a significant time for her, and perhaps the reason why she would be with Labour Front Benchers in this image. She protested against the execution of three black Rhodesians in 1968 and campaigned in 1969 for an end to arms sales to Nigeria. She was known for her opposition to the Vietnam war, particularly after she was physically attacked and arrested by police in Chicago in August 1968.