Paul McCartney; Linda McCartney
2 of 10 portraits of Linda McCartney
© Camera Press
Paul McCartney; Linda McCartney
by John Kelly, for Camera Press: London: UK
gelatin silver print, 1969
11 7/8 in. x 8 3/8 in. (303 mm x 212 mm) overall
Given by Terence Pepper, 2010
Photographs Collection
NPG x200795
Sittersback to top
- Linda McCartney (1941-1998), Photographer, artist, musician, businesswoman, cookery writer and animal rights activist. Sitter in 10 portraits, Artist or producer of 14 portraits.
- Sir (James) Paul McCartney (1942-), Musician and member of The Beatles and Wings. Sitter in 88 portraits, Artist or producer of 1 portrait.
Artistsback to top
- Camera Press: London: UK, Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 102 portraits.
- John Kelly, Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 3 portraits.
Events of 1969back to top
Current affairs
The Open University is established, based on the vision of Michael Young. Its aims were to offer the chance to study for higher education qualifications on a part time and distance learning basis, giving people who were unable to attend a traditional university because of family, work commitments or disability the opportunity to achieve university degrees.Art and science
The comedy sketch show Monty Python's Flying Circus is first broadcast. The Pythons performed surreal sketches that reinvented the comedy tradition, eschewing punch lines for a stream-of-consciousness structure and incongruous authorial interventions: 'and now for something completely different'.Kenneth Tynan's Oh! Calcutta amuses and shocks audiences with full nudity on stage, taking advantage of the recent end to censorship laws.
International
Neil Armstrong takes 'one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind' when he becomes the first man on the moon.Concorde makes its first supersonic flight. The plane was designed, developed and manufactured by a joint treaty between the French and English governments.
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