Richard Patrick Tallentyre Gibson, Baron Gibson
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© Armstrong Jones
Richard Patrick Tallentyre Gibson, Baron Gibson
by Lord Snowdon
vintage bromide print, 17 November 1988
12 in. x 11 1/2 in. (304 mm x 293 mm)
Purchased, 2000
Primary Collection
NPG P811
Sitterback to top
- Richard Patrick Tallentyre Gibson, Baron Gibson (1916-2004), Chairman, The National Trust. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Artistback to top
- Antony Charles Robert Armstrong Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon (1930-2017), Photographer, film-maker and designer; former husband of Princess Margaret. Artist or producer of 285 portraits, Sitter in 22 portraits.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 244
Events of 1988back to top
Current affairs
A Pan Am jumbo jet is brought down by a bomb over Lockerbie in Scotland, killing 259 passengers and 11 people on the ground. The Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary launched Britain's largest criminal investigation before convicting a Libyan intelligence officer of planting the bomb.Art and science
Professor Stephen Hawking publishes his popular book on cosmology, A Brief History Of Time.Damien Hirst and his fellow Goldsmiths students organise the exhibition Freeze in a disused block in the Docklands. The exhibition launched the careers of many of the young British artists (YBAs) associated with Brit Art including Gary Hume, Michael Landy, Sarah Lucas, Angus Fairhurst, and Anya Gallaccio.
International
Iraq drops poison gas on the Iraqi Kurdish city of Halabja, killing thousands of civilians. The city was held at the time by Iranian forces and Iraqi Kurdish rebels, although there was initially some debate over which side was responsible for the atrocity. It was the largest-scale chemical attack on civilians in modern times.Comments back to top
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