Lord Snowdon, Kathleen Tynan and Katharine Hepburn during the filming of 'The Madwoman of Chaillot'
3 of 4 portraits of Katharine Hepburn
Lord Snowdon, Kathleen Tynan and Katharine Hepburn during the filming of 'The Madwoman of Chaillot'
by Unknown photographer
gelatin silver print, 1969
7 5/8 in. x 9 1/2 in. (193 mm x 240 mm) image size
Given by Terence Pepper, 2014
Photographs Collection
NPG x198413
Sittersback to top
- Katharine Hepburn (1907-2003), Actress. Sitter in 4 portraits. Identify
- Antony Charles Robert Armstrong Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon (1930-2017), Photographer, film-maker and designer; former husband of Princess Margaret. Sitter in 22 portraits, Artist or producer of 285 portraits. Identify
- Kathleen Jeannette Halton Tynan (1937-1995), Journalist, author and screenwriter. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
Artistback to top
- Unknown photographer, Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 6582 portraits.
Subjects & Themesback to top
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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