Princess Natasha (née Bagration-Mukhransky), Lady Johnston
1 of 7 portraits of Princess Natasha (née Bagration-Mukhransky), Lady Johnston
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Princess Natasha (née Bagration-Mukhransky), Lady Johnston
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate film negative, 22 January 1940
Given by Bassano & Vandyk Studios, 1974
Photographs Collection
NPG x154177
Sitterback to top
- Princess Natasha (née Bagration-Mukhransky), Lady Johnston (1914-1984), Georgian noblewoman; wife of Sir Charles Hepburn Johnston; daughter of Prince Konstantin Bagration-Mukhransky and Princess Tatyana Konstantinovna. Sitter in 7 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Bassano Ltd (active 1901-1962), Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 42746 portraits.
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- Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (photographer's studio, 38 Dover Street, London)
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Events of 1940back to top
Current affairs
Following the German invasion of the Netherlands, Belgium and France, Neville Chamberlain resigns and Churchill is appointed Prime Minister making the famous speech: 'I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.'The Battle of Britain ends the Phoney War with Germany's attack on the nation from the air. Britain's cities, airbases and ports are bombed during the Blitz.
Art and science
With little access to sculpture materials, and a bombed out studio Henry Moore starts experimenting with drawings of war subjects. After taking shelter in a London Underground station during an air raid Moore was inspired to begin a series of Shelter Drawings. With a commission from the War Artists Advisory Committee, headed by Kenneth Clark, these became some of the most popular example of official war art.International
Britain's attempt to defend France against German invasion by landing troops on the French coast ends in failure; France surrenders and Britain is left to face the Axis Powers alone. While the Dunkirk Landings were a failure, the heroic rescue of troops by a fleet of English civilian boats was a victory for morale, and the 'Dunkirk Spirit' came to stand as an emblem of British triumph in adversity.Comments back to top
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Christopher Quaile
18 December 2020, 13:38
Her mother’s father Grand Duke Constantine of Russia was against a low marriage but the couple were supported by the Tsar and married at Pavlovsk Palace before the lmperial Family. Natalia and her family fled to Yugoslavia in 1917 and she was a sweet heart of Prince Tomislav. During the war she left with the Yugoslav government in exile in London. It was here that she met her diplomat husband Sir Charles Johnson . He served as Governor of Aden 1960 - 1963 and British High Commissioner to Australia 1965- 1971 . Lady Johnson is buried Gunnersbury Cemetery 1984