Gertrude Lawrence; Richard Stoddard Aldrich
1 portrait of Gertrude Lawrence
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Gertrude Lawrence; Richard Stoddard Aldrich
by Dorothy Wilding
chlorobromide print, 15 February 1942
9 in. x 6 5/8 in. (230 mm x 170 mm)
Given by the photographer's sister, Susan Morton, 1976
Photographs Collection
NPG x19917
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- Richard Stoddard Aldrich (1902-1986), Theatre producer; lieutenant-commander USNR; husband of Gertrude Lawrence. Sitter in 2 portraits.
- Gertrude Lawrence (Gertrude Alice Klasen) (1898-1952), Actress, singer and dancer. Sitter associated with 101 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Dorothy Wilding (1893-1976), Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 2179 portraits, Sitter in 30 portraits.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Pepper, Terence, In Pursuit of Perfection: The Photographs of Dorothy Wilding, 1991 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 5 July 1991 - 29 September 1991), p. 87 Read entry
Gertrude Lawrence made several visits to the New York studios, first in 1919 and then in 1942 with her husband, the theatre producer Richard Aldrich, which produced one of Wilding's best double portraits.
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Current affairs
The Oxford Committee for Famine Relief is founded in Oxford with the aim of sending food through the Allied blockade of Nazi-Occupied Greece. The organisation continued after the war to relieve suffering as a result of the war in Europe, and eventually to help distressed peoples internationally. It gradually became known as Oxfam, after its telegraph address, and is now one of the largest international development and aid agencies.Art and science
Desert Island Discs is broadcast for the first time. Each week a famous guest is invited to select which eight pieces of music they would choose to take if they were castaway on an island. The show is still going and is the longest running music programme on radio.Enid Blyton publishes her first Famous Five children's book: Five On A Treasure Island.
International
The Allied forces sign the 'Declaration by United Nations', pledging the signatories to fight together until the end of the war and establishing an international organisation with the aim of upholding world peace and security with Sir Gladwyn Jebb as the first Secretary General.In Berlin, senior Nazis plan the 'Final Solution' to exterminate European Jews, and start building death camps to carry it out.
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