Gabriel Fielding (Alan Gabriel Barnsley)







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Gabriel Fielding (Alan Gabriel Barnsley)
by Mary Banks
bromide print on painted gold card mount, circa 1967
6 3/8 in. x 5 in. (162 mm x 128 mm)
Given by the sitter's son and Edwina Barnsley, Gabriel Vorenkamp, 2004
Photographs Collection
NPG x126758
Sitterback to top
- Gabriel Fielding (Alan Gabriel Barnsley) (1916-1986), Writer and academic. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Artistback to top
- Mary Banks (active 1960s), Scholar, musician, artist and photographer. Artist of 1 portrait.
Placesback to top
- Place made and portrayed: United States (Washington State University, Pullman, Washington)
Events of 1967back to top
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The Beatles release Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, with a record sleeve designed by pop artist, Peter Blake. The band's musical experimentation and colourful new look was an example of psychedelic, and the LP is often regarded as one of the first concept albums.International
Che Guevara is captured and executed in Bolivia. The guerrilla leader and revolutionary icon was hunted down by the CIA and captured and shot by Bolivian Special Forces. He had been leading Bolivian insurgents in an attempt to overthrow the government.Tell us more back to top
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