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Leonora Carrington
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Leonora Carrington
by Lee Miller
modern archival-toned gelatin silver print from original negative, 1939
10 in. x 10 in. (253 mm x 255 mm)
Purchased, 2004
Primary Collection
NPG P1075
Artistback to top
- Lee Miller (1907-1977), Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 19 portraits, Sitter in 16 portraits.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Edited by Rab MacGibbon and Tanya Bentley, Icons and Identities, 2021, p. 77
- Flavia Frigeri, Women At Work: 1900 to Now, 2023, p. 47
Events of 1939back to top
Current affairs
Britain goes to war. The German invasion of Poland demonstrated that the policy of appeasement had failed. After refusing to meet Britain's ultimatum to withdraw troops, Britain and France declared war on Germany. The Second World War had begun.Art and science
The Sutton Hoo burial ship is discovered. Apparently following a dream, Mrs Pretty invited the archaeologist Basil Brown to investigate a series of burial mounds on her estate on the banks of the river Deben in Suffolk. The excavation revealed an Anglo-Saxon burial, uncovering the most significant horde of early medieval artefacts found in Britain (now housed at the British Museum).International
The Second World War begins. Germany's invasion of Poland prompted Britain and France to declare war forming the core of the Allied powers. As part of the Soviet-Nazi Pact, the Soviet Union joined the war on the German side, helping, with Italy, to form the Axis Powers. Poland was soon overpowered and the Baltic Republics and Finland were invaded by the Soviet Union.Comments back to top
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