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Lee Miller; Roland Penrose

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Lee Miller; Roland Penrose

by Cecil Beaton
bromide print on white card mount, mid 1960s
9 3/8 in. x 7 1/8 in. (238 mm x 182 mm)
Given by Cecil Beaton, 1968
Photographs Collection
NPG x14178

Sittersback to top

  • Lee Miller (1907-1977), Photographer. Sitter in 16 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 19 portraits.
  • Sir Roland Algernon Penrose (1900-1984), Painter, art collector; WW2 camoufleur and writer on art. Sitter in 16 portraits, Artist or producer of 1 portrait.

Artistback to top

  • Cecil Beaton (1904-1980), Photographer, designer and writer. Artist or producer associated with 1114 portraits, Sitter associated with 360 portraits.

Events of 1963back to top

Current affairs

The Secretary of State for War, John Profumo is found to have lied to the House of Commons when he denied having an affair with the showgirl, Christine Keeler. The Profumo Affair was a public scandal for the Conservative party, and ultimately contributed to the resignation of Harold Macmillan.

Art and science

Doctor Who is first broadcast on the BBC with William Hartnell playing the Doctor. This long running science fiction series about an alien Time Lord who travels through time and space in his police-box-shaped Tardis has been watched by generations of viewers (often from behind the back of the sofa), and features imaginative, but traditionally low-budget, special effects, innovative electronic music, and the Doctor's greatest enemy, the Daleks.

International

John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Texas. The arrest of Lee Harvey Oswald for his murder did not prevent a score of conspiracy theories involving Cuba, the CIA, the KGB, and the Mafia among others.
Martin Luther King delivers his 'I have a dream' speech, marking an important moment in the civil rights movement in America and helping to secure him the Nobel Peace Prize' in 1964.

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David Saywell

24 October 2021, 06:41

In the background is De Chirico’s 1913 painting ‘The Uncertainty of the Poet’, owned at the time by Penrose. https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/the-uncertainty-of-the-poet-lincertitude-du-poete-117802. Acquired by Tate in 1980s.