First Previous 10 OF 19 NextLast

Carl Ronald Giles with his wife Sylvia ('Joan') Clarke and musicians, including Butch Shepherd

10 of 19 portraits by Lee Miller

Identify sitters

© Lee Miller Archives, England 2019. All rights reserved. leemiller.co.uk

2 Likes voting
is closed

Thanks for Liking

Please Like other favourites!
If they inspire you please support our work.

Make a donation Close

Carl Ronald Giles with his wife Sylvia ('Joan') Clarke and musicians, including Butch Shepherd

by Lee Miller
modern archival-toned gelatin silver print from original negative, 1944
10 in. x 10 in. (254 mm x 254 mm)
Purchased, 2004
Primary Collection
NPG P1078

Sittersback to top

Artistback to top

  • Lee Miller (1907-1977), Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 19 portraits, Sitter in 16 portraits.

Events of 1944back to top

Current affairs

London is hit by the V1 Flying Bomb. This weapon, developed by the German Luftwaffe and colloquially known as the 'Buzz Bomb', or 'Doodlebug', was the first guided missile and was used for attacks on targets in England and Belgium.

Art and science

Laurence Olivier's epic film version of Henry V is released. Olivier directed and starred in the film, which was partly funded by the British government in recognition of its morale-boosting patriotic appeal. The cast included service men as Henry's army.

International

France is liberated from German-occupation following the Battle for Normandy. Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of occupied-France led by Field Marshall Montgomery, was the largest seaborne invasion in history, involving almost three million soldiers crossing the channel from England to France. Troops landed on the 6th June (D-Day), and Paris was liberated in late August.

Comments back to top

We are currently unable to accept new comments, but any past comments are available to read below.

If you need information from us, please use our Archive enquiry service . Please note that we cannot provide valuations. You can buy a print or greeting card of most illustrated portraits. Select the portrait of interest to you, then look out for a Buy a Print button. Prices start at around £6 for unframed prints, £16 for framed prints. If you wish to license an image, select the portrait of interest to you, then look out for a Use this image button, or contact our Rights and Images service. We digitise over 8,000 portraits a year and we cannot guarantee being able to digitise images that are not already scheduled.

barry venning

12 November 2018, 11:00

The photograph was taken in the Fountain pub in Tuddenham near Ipswich and published in the August 1944 edition of 'Vogue'. The African American soldiers were members of the 8th United States Army Air Force, who were stationed nearby. They were constructing and repairing airfields in East Anglia. The drummer was Giles's friend, 'Butch' Shepherd; the drawing on the wall in the top left of the photograph is by Giles and depicts his friend 'Ike', holding a double bass. The woman on the right is Giles's wife, Joan.