Kenneth Peacock Tynan
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Kenneth Peacock Tynan
by Bill Brandt
bromide print on card mount, 1951
13 1/2 in. x 11 1/2 in. (342 mm x 291 mm)
Purchased, 1982
Photographs Collection
NPG x22487
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- Bill Brandt (1904-1983), Photographer. Artist or producer of 120 portraits, Sitter in 34 portraits.
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Many of Brandt's 1950s portraits were commissioned by Carmel Snow, Editor of Harper's Bazaar and accompanied by profiles written by Kenneth Tynan. Published in Harper's Bazaar, February 1951
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Current affairs
The Conservative Party wins the general election and Winston Churchill returns for a second term as prime minister.Art and science
On the centenary of the Great Exhibition of 1851, the Festival of Britain is held as a nationwide celebration of British culture, and as an impetus for post-war regeneration. As well as various art, science and industrial exhibitions and events, a major regeneration project was initiated for the South Bank area of London under the directorship of the architect, Hugh Casson.International
Libya declares its sovereignty from Italian rule, becoming the first independent state to be created by the UN.At the Treaty of San Francisco, 48 nations sign a peace treaty with Japan, officially ending the Pacific War - the last battleground of the Second World War.
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