Sir Hugh Maxwell Casson
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir Hugh Maxwell Casson
by John Gay
vintage bromide print, early 1950s
10 1/4 in. x 8 in. (259 mm x 203 mm)
Bequeathed by executors of Marie Anita Gay (Mrs John Gay), 2003
Photographs Collection
NPG x126624
Sitterback to top
- Sir Hugh Maxwell Casson (1910-1999), Architect and President of the Royal Academy. Sitter in 16 portraits, Artist or producer of 1 portrait.
Artistback to top
- John Gay (1909-1999), Photographer. Artist or producer of 295 portraits, Sitter in 5 portraits.
Linked publicationsback to top
- MacCarthy, Fiona, Anarchy & Beauty: William Morris and His Legacy 1860-1960, 2014 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 16 October 2014 - 11 January 2015), p. 114
Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top
- Anarchy and Beauty: William Morris (16 October 2014 - 11 January 2015)
- John Gay - Portraits in print (29 July 2006 - 3 December 2006)
Events of 1950back to top
Current affairs
Princess Anne is born at Clarence house, the only daughter of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip.Art and science
C.S. Lewis publishes The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, the first book in the Chronicles of Narnia series. Lewis was an Oxford Don, specialising in Medieval Literature and its use of allegory. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is often seen as an allegory of the Christian struggle between good and evil.International
Following the Soviet and American withdrawal from the occupation of North and South Korea respectively, the Korean War breaks out as each side seeks to unify Korea under its own political system. While the U.S.A., U.K and other UN nations came to the defence of South Korea, North Korea had support from the Soviet Union and China. The war continued until 1953.Comments back to top
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