Penelope Ruth Mortimer (née Fletcher)
8 of 19 portraits by David Bennett
© David Bennett/ National Portrait Gallery, London
Penelope Ruth Mortimer (née Fletcher)
by David Bennett
sepia-toned bromide fibre print, 12 April 1994
12 3/4 in. x 10 3/8 in. (325 mm x 264 mm)
Purchased, 1995
Photographs Collection
NPG x45973
Sitterback to top
- Penelope Ruth Mortimer (née Fletcher) (1918-1999), Novelist; former wife of Charles Dimont, and later wife of Sir John Clifford Mortimer; daughter of Arthur Forbes Gerald Fletcher. Sitter in 11 portraits.
Events of 1994back to top
Current affairs
The Queen opens the Channel Tunnel. After seven years of digging, various financial hold-ups and technical difficulties, a long-awaited rail link is created between Britain and France. The tunnel is 31 miles long with 24 miles under the sea, the longest under-sea tunnel in the world.Art and science
Trevor Bayliss starts production of his clockwork radio. The innovation is a fantastic example of simple environmentally friendly design and has been found particularly useful in areas where there is no electricity supply, such as remote communities in Africa.Blur release their classic Britpop album depicting London life, Parklife.
International
Violence breaks out in Rwanda. An estimated 800,000 people were massacred in the Rwandan Genocide, most of them Tutsis, murdered by extremist Hutu militia groups.South Africa holds its first democratic elections in which full enfranchisement is granted. The African National Congress led by Nelson Mandela won the majority of the vote, and Mandela became the country's first black State President.
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