T.S. Eliot; (Esme) Valerie Eliot (née Fletcher)
9 of 68 portraits of T.S. Eliot
Angus McBean Photograph. © Harvard Theatre Collection, Harvard University.
T.S. Eliot; (Esme) Valerie Eliot (née Fletcher)
by Angus McBean
bromide print, 1957
11 3/8 in. x 9 1/2 in. (291 mm x 242 mm)
Purchased, 2001
Primary Collection
NPG P891
Sittersback to top
- Thomas Stearns ('T.S.') Eliot (1888-1965), Poet. Sitter in 68 portraits.
- (Esme) Valerie Eliot (née Fletcher) (1926-2012), Second wife of Thomas Stearns ('T.S.') Eliot. Sitter in 5 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Angus McBean (1904-1990), Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 283 portraits, Sitter in 79 portraits.
Events of 1957back to top
Current affairs
Harold Macmillan takes over as Conservative prime minister, manoeuvring Eden out of power after his poor handling of the Suez Crisis the previous year.The Wolfenden Report recommends that homosexuality should no longer be a criminal offence. It still took ten years, however, before any changes were made to the law on homosexuality with the Sexual Offences Act in 1967.
Art and science
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The Treaty of Rome leads to the formation of the European Economic Community. Officially beginning on 1st January 1958, the EEC established a European Common Market, where goods, services, labour and capital could move freely within the European member countries, and shared policies were agreed for labour, social welfare, agriculture, transport, and foreign trade. The EEC preceded the European Community, and the European Union.Comments back to top
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