Lucinda Lambton; Sir Peregrine Worsthorne
1 portrait
© Denis Waugh / National Portrait Gallery, London
Lucinda Lambton; Sir Peregrine Worsthorne
by Denis Waugh
chromogenic print, September 1993
14 in. x 17 7/8 in. (355 mm x 453 mm) image size
Purchased, 2011
Photographs Collection
NPG x134842
Sittersback to top
- Lucinda Lambton (1943-), Writer, photographer and television broadcaster; daughter of Viscount Lambton. Sitter in 3 portraits.
- Sir Peregrine Gerard Worsthorne (1923-2020), Writer, editor and journalist; Editor of the Sunday Telegraph. Sitter in 2 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Denis Waugh (1942-), Photographer. Artist or producer of 25 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
Placesback to top
- Place made and portrayed: United Kingdom: England, London (sitters' country estate, Hedgerley, Slough, London)
Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top
- Portraits by Contemporary Photographers (29 September 2012 - 1 June 2013)
Subjects & Themesback to top
Events of 1993back to top
Current affairs
The Conservative Party is attacked in the media for 'sleaze'. Two MP's resign over sex scandals, two over the 'cash-for-questions affair', and one dies in bizarre and embarrassing circumstances. Journalist Max Clifford was responsible for exposing many of the scandals.Black teenager Stephen Lawrence is murdered in a racist attack by a gang of white youths.
Art and science
Rachel Whiteread wins the Turner Prize for her sculpture House; a concrete cast of the inside of a Victorian terraced house in East London. Controversy was caused by the work itself, by it winning the Turner Prize, and by the decision of Tower Hamlets council to demolish the sculpture.British inventor James Dyson revolutionises the vacuum cleaner with his eponymous design.
International
Czechoslovakia is divided into two countries: the Slovak Republic (Slovakia) and the Czech Republic. The division was peaceful and democratic and so became known as the 'Velvet Divorce', recalling the 'Velvet Revolution' of 1989 by which Communism in Czechoslovakia was overthrown through peaceful mass demonstrations.Comments back to top
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