1 July – 11 October 2015 npg.org.uk/creativeconnections

Creative Connections is generously supported by the Palley family.

Year Three: Camden

Year Three: Camden

Creative Connections is a four-year project connecting young people in London with contemporary artists to create new responses to the National Portrait Gallery’s Collection.The spotlights for this third year of the project have been the London borough of Camden and the portraits and biographies of selected individuals who have local connections. The project partner has been Haverstock School and the artist, photographer Kate Peters.

The young people explored the history of photography and the language of portraiture, while developing their creative and technical skills. Kate engaged them with interesting and curious facts about the people from Camden, symbolised through the use of objects. Together they created a new series of portraits.

Camden is a place of great contrasts ranging from the leafy, green spaces of Hampstead and Highgate to the busy areas of Bloomsbury and Covent Garden. The Camden Town area is famous for its alternative cultural and music scenes and has become a popular destination for tourists.

There are diverse countries in the world but in Camden you get the whole world.Participant, Haverstock School

Creative Connections is generously supported by the Palley family.

Creative Connections participants: GCSE Art students from Haverstock School, Camden.

What identity means to me...

The project story, participants artwork and thoughts.

Camden Connections #1 (From Songs to Surrealism)

By Man Ray, 1929 Photogravurex137575

Lee Miller 1907–77Photojournalist

Did you know? Miller reinvented herself as a cook in the 1950s and often held dinner parties with surreal themes; at one party all the food was white.

Camden Connection: Miller lived in Hampstead with her husband Roland Penrose, a surrealist painter.

Biography: American-born Miller began her career as a model working for magazines including Vogue and Vanity Fair. She expanded her own photographic work after being the pupil and muse of Man Ray, the surrealist photographer. During the Second World War Miller worked as a correspondent and her work often captured the effects of bombing. She photographed the liberation of Paris and documented the concentration camps Buchenwald and Dachau.

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Bertrand Russell, 3rd Earl Russell 1872–1970Philosopher

Did you know? Russell was fascinated by the game of chess and an avid player.

Camden Connection: Russell lived in Holborn. There is a statue in nearby Red Lion Square by which to remember him.

Biography: Russell was one of the foremost philosophers of the twentieth century. A pacifist during the First World War he was imprisoned for his views. He won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1950 in recognition of his significant work advocating humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought. In 1958 he became the first President of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND).

By Ida Kar, 1953Silver gelatin printx131164

Alan Bennett b.1934Playwright, actor

Did you know? Bennett’s The Lady in the Van (1989, adapted for screen in 2015), was influenced by a homeless woman who lived, in her van, in his garden for fifteen years.

Camden Connection: Bennett lived in Camden Town.

Biography: The son of a Leeds butcher, Bennett studied History at Oxford University. After being one of the writers and performers in the comedy review Beyond the Fringe in the 1960s, he progressed to notable successes on stage, screen and radio. Among the highlights are The History Boys (2004, adapted for screen in 2006) and Talking Heads (1988) as well as several volumes of autobiography.

By Derry Moore, 12th Earl of Drogheda, 1992Colour coupler printP525

Glenda Jackson b.1936Politician

Did you know? Before Jackson was a Labour MP she was an award winning actress; to play the role of Queen Elizabeth I she had her head shaved.

Camden Connection: Jackson studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), Bloomsbury and was the MP for Hampstead and Kilburn.

Biography: Jackson was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1963. She won Academy Awards for the films Women in Love (1969) and A Touch of Class (1973). She became a Labour politician and was elected as an MP in 1992.

Glenda Jackson as Queen Elizabeth I in Mary, Queen of Scots By Terry O’Neill, 1971Silver gelatin printGiven by Terry O’Neil, 1985x34557

Paul Robeson 1898–1976Singer

Did you know? The United States Government confiscated Robeson’s passport in 1950. In 1957 the British left-wing politician Tony Benn organised a protest meeting about the travel ban. Robeson – unable to attend – sang down the phone to over 1,000 supporters.

Camden Connection: Robeson lived in Hampstead and studied Swahili and Phonetics at the School for Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), Russell Square, Bloomsbury.

Biography: Robeson was born in America to the son of an escaped slave. He won an American Football scholarship and used it to attend law school. Between 1925 and 1942, Robeson appeared in eleven films, including Show Boat (1936) and the Welsh mining drama The Proud Valley (1940).

By Madame Yevonde, c.1933Silver gelatin printx29838

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Ed Miliband b.1969Politician

Did you know? Miliband claims to be able to complete a Rubik’s cube puzzle in 90 seconds.

Camden Connection: Miliband went to Haverstock School, Chalk Farm; the school attended by this year’s Creative Connections participants. He now lives in Dartmouth Park.

Biography: Miliband is of Jewish heritage and lost many relatives in the Holocaust. He was the youngest leader of the Labour Party and was in opposition for five years. Following the party’s defeat in the 2015 general elections Miliband resigned the leadership but remains an MP.

By Kate Peters (this year’s Creative Connections artist) Colour coupler print, September 2012x138045

Camden Connection #2 (From Whiz-bang to Wakefield)

Charles Dickens 1812–70 Writer

Did you know? Dickens had a pet raven called Grip.

Camden Connection: Dickens lived at 48 Doughty Street, Holborn; his house is now the Charles Dickens Museum.

Biography: Dickens is widely regarded as the greatest author of the Victorian age. He is celebrated for creating memorable characters and raising awareness of social injustice. Dickens was forced to leave school at the age of twelve to work in a factory. His writing made him a celebrity and many of his books including Oliver Twist (1837) and A Christmas Carol (1843) have never been out of print.

Charles Dickens, his characters and the empty chair By an unknown artist, 1872Albumen print Given by Terence Pepper, 2011x135439

Helena Bonham Carter b.1966 Actor

Did you know? Bonham Carter often wears pantaloons and other Victorian clothing and had her own fashion label, named Pantaloonies.

Camden Connection: Bonham Carter went to South Hampstead School.

Biography: Bonham Carter was born in London. Despite never formally studying drama she has featured in many successful films including Fight Club (1999), the Harry Potter series (2001–2011), Alice in Wonderland (2010) and Cinderella (2015). She won a BAFTA for her performance in The King’s Speech (2010).

By David Seidner, 1998Colour coupler printP876

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Dame Barbara Hepworth 1903–1975 Sculptor

Did you know? In the late 1930s Hepworth’s studio in Camden was the centre of the abstract art movement in Britain.

Camden Connection: Hepworth lived in Hampstead. Her work Monolith-Empyrean (1953); is in the grounds of Kenwood House, Hampstead.

Biography: Born in Yorkshire, Hepworth was one of Britain’s most important twentieth-century artists. She produced abstract work exploring the human figure, landscape and material forms. In her work she used stone, metal, wood and string.

By Jorge Lewinski, 1968Bromide printx13720

Walter Sickert 1860–1942 Artist

Did you know? Sickert lived in Mornington Crescent and was a founding member of the Camden Town Group of artists. This influential group, which held just three exhibitions between 1911 and 1912, focused on capturing the reality of urban life.

Camden Connection: Sickert was a pupil of James McNeill Whistler, through whom he met and became friends with the artist Edgar Degas. These artists were important influences on his work.

Biography: Born in Munich, Sickert attended the Slade School of Art from 1881 to 1882. His subject matter, ordinary people, caused outrage. His later paintings were based on photographs and newspaper cuttings.

Walter Sickert with his wife Therese LessoreBy George Woodbine, for the Daily Herald, 5 March 1934Modern bromide print from the original negativex74799

William Morris 1834–96 Designer

Did you know? Morris designed over fifty wallpapers, each of which incorporate plant forms.

Camden Connection: Morris lived in Red Lion Square with Edward Burne-Jones, a member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (1856–59).

Biography: Morris is best known today for his textile and wallpaper designs, but he also published epic poetry and assisted with the founding of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (1877) and the Socialist League (1884). Morris’s designs included furniture, stained glass, book illustration and tapestry. As an active socialist, Morris believed in ‘art for all’.

By Henry Halliday Sparling, early 1890sModern print from the original film negativeGiven by Emery Walker Ltd, 1956x19621

Matthew Williamson b.1972 Designer

Did you know? Williamson started his career as a designer for the fashion chain Monsoon.

Camden Connection: Williamson lived in Hampstead.

Biography: Williamson was born in Manchester and studied Fashion Design at Central Saint Martins. His work is characterised by bright colours and print embellishments. Williamson’s debut collection ‘Electric Angels’ in 1997 was modelled by Kate Moss, Helena Christiansen and Jade Jagger. He is inspired by travel and different cultures and believes colour can enhance the wearer’s mood.

By Ben Murphy September 2002Colour coupler printx125838

Camden Connections #3 (From Science Fiction to Surgery)

By Elena Heatherwick, 2014Colour coupler printx139989

Thomas Heatherwick b.1970Designer

Did you know? Heatherwick has worked on a design for a ‘Garden Bridge’ - a new green space that is proposed to span the River Thames, London.

Camden Connection: Heatherwick’s studio is on Gray’s Inn Road, Camden.

Biography: London-born Heatherwick studied Three Dimensional Design at Manchester Polytechnic and the Royal College of Art. In 1994 he founded his practice Heatherwick Studio. His designs include the London 2012 Olympic Cauldron, the new London Routemaster bus, and the Seed Cathedral, the UK pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo 2010.

Rabindranath Tagore 1861–1941Poet

Did you know? At Tagore’s cremation mourners searched his funeral pyre for bones to keep as mementoes.

Camden Connection: When visiting London in 1912 Tagore stayed in the Vale of Health, Hampstead.

Biography: Nobel Prize-winning poet and educationalist, Tagore achieved early success as a writer in his native Bengal and worldwide fame through translations of his work. In addition to fifty volumes of poetry, he wrote plays, novels and the Indian and Bengali national anthems. He was knighted in 1915, however in 1919 he resigned the honour in protest over British policies in India.

By W. Fearon Halliday, 1920sBromide printP992

By Cecil Beaton, 1936Bromide printGiven by Cecil Beaton, 1968P869 (17)

Aldous Huxley 1894–1963Writer

Did you know? Huxley wrote his autobiographical novel The Doors of Perception (1953) under the influence of hallucinogenic drugs.

Camden Connection: Huxley lived in Hampstead.

Biography: Huxley’s work has been highly influential in the genre of science fiction. After finishing university, he taught at his old school, Eton College, where George Orwell was his pupil. During the interwar years Huxley achieved international fame with his novel Brave New World (1932). He later settled in the USA and worked as a Hollywood screenwriter.

Paul Nurse b.1949Geneticist

Did you know? Nurse discovered that his own genetic history was unknown to him when an application for a visa led to the revelation that his sister was in fact his mother.

Camden Connection: Nurse is Director of the Francis Crick Institute, St Pancras. When fully open in 2016, the Institute will be the biggest centre for biomedical research and innovation in Europe.

Biography: Nurse won the 2001 Nobel Prize for Medicine (with two colleagues). His important discoveries have improved our understanding of how cancer cells divide. Nurse was formerly Chief Executive of Cancer Research UK. He has been President of Rockefeller University in New York since 2003 and President of the Royal Society since 2010.

By Jason Bell, 8 June 2009Inkjet printx134066

Marie Stopes photographed with her sonBy Bassano Ltd, 26 June 1924Modern print from the original glass negativex127855

Marie Stopes 1880–1958Campaigner

Did you know? Today the Marie Stopes organisation provides reproductive and sexual health services around the world.

Camden Connection: Stopes studied botany and geology at University College London, Bloomsbury and opened her first clinic in Upper Holloway.

Biography: Author of the best-selling books Married Love and Wise Parenthood (1918), Stopes brought the question of family planning into the public arena. She opened several birth control clinics in England. By 1930 she had joined forces with other family planning organisations to form the National Birth Control Council, later to become the Family Planning Association.

Dame Louisa Aldrich-Blake 1865–1925Surgeon

Did you know? During the First World War Blake set up hospitals on battlefields and worked on the front line for the Red Cross.

Camden Connection: Blake worked at two Camden hospitals. She is remembered by a statue in Tavistock Square.

Biography: Blake was the first British woman to obtain the Master of Surgery degree. She became a senior consultant at the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson hospital for women and the Canning Town Women’s Hospital. Blake was also an anaesthetist at the Royal Free Hospital.

By Bassano Ltd, 12 February 1925Modern print from the original glass negativex158757

Dame Agatha Christie 1890–1976Writer

Did you know? The New York Times gave Christie’s fictional character, the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, a full page obituary when he ‘died’.

Camden Connection: Christie lived in the Modernist Isokon Building in Hampstead at the same time as several Soviet spies.

Biography: Christie is one of the most successful crime writers of all time. She created two of the most popular and enduring fictional detectives around whom many of her books are based: Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. It was assisting archaeological expeditions with her second husband Max Mallowan that inspired her to write Death on the Nile (1937). Christie’s play, The Mousetrap, is the longest running show in the history of London’s West End.Dame Agatha Christie with sculptor Lyn KramerBy John Garner, 1972Silver gelatin printx17073

Camden Connection #4 (From Digging to Dreams)

Noor Inayat Khan 1914–44Secret Agent

Did you know? Khan was the first female radio operator to be sent to France in the Second World War as part of a sabotage force called the Special Operations Executive.

Camden Connection: Khan lived in Bloomsbury as a child. In 2012 a sculpture to remember her by was installed in nearby Gordon Square.

Biography: Khan was born in Moscow to an Indian father and an American mother and was raised in France and Britain. She joined the British Army and supported the work of the French Resistance. She was captured by the German Army in 1944 and executed. In 1949 she was awarded the George Cross.

By an unknown photographer, 1937Modern print from the original glass negativeCourtesy The Nekbakht Foundationx199215

Benedict Cumberbatch b.1976Actor

Did you know? Cumberbatch has a condition called sectoral heterochromia; a difference in colour between the iris of one eye and the other.

Camden Connection: Cumberbatch lives in Hampstead.

Biography: Cumberbatch studied drama at Manchester University and the London Academy of Music and Drama (LAMDA). Notable roles to date have been in the BBC series Sherlock (2010– ), Academy Award-winning film 12 Years a Slave (2013) and Oscar-nominated The Imitation Game (2014).

By Spencer Murphy, 2010Colour coupler printx134408

By Gisèle Freund, 1939Colour dye transfer printP440

Virginia Woolf 1882–1941Writer

Did you know? Woolf would often walk around London to gain artistic inspiration for her work.

Camden Connection: Woolf lived in Tavistock Square, Bloomsbury where there is now a statue by which to remember her. She married Leonard Woolf at Camden Town Hall.

Biography: Woolf was a central figure in the Bloomsbury group of writers, artists and intellectuals in the early twentieth-century. She wanted to find a modern way of writing and her many novels, including Mrs Dalloway (1925), transformed ideas about structure, plot and characterisation. Woolf was affected by mental health issues throughout her life and committed suicide in 1941.

Sigmund Freud 1856–1939Psychoanalyst

Did you know? In 1933 the Nazis burnt over 25,000 books that were considered to be un-German, including the works of Freud. Many of the books’ authors were persecuted and had to leave their home countries.

Camden Connection: Freud’s home in Hampstead is now the Freud Museum. The Oscar Nemon statue of him shown in this portrait is situated nearby.

Biography: After studying medicine in Vienna, Freud developed a method to treat mental health problems that involved analysing a patient’s dreams. Freud emigrated to England to escape Nazi-occupied Austria and spent his final years in London as a Jewish refugee.

Oscar Nemon with his statue of Sigmund Freud For Camera Press, 1971Silver gelatin printx184148

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Sir Flinders Petrie 1853–1942Archaeologist

Did you know? Petrie was one of the first archaeologists to use photography to capture his finds and that he used a pinhole camera to do this.

Camden Connection: Petrie lived in Hampstead. A head preserved in a jar at the Royal College of Surgeons, Bloomsbury is thought to be that of Petrie. The Petrie Museum is part of University College London, also in Bloomsbury.

Biography: Petrie revolutionised methods of archaeological excavation in Egypt through the collection and dating of small, broken fragments of pottery and objects. He insisted that they, along with the larger finds, had a story to tell.

By Walter Stoneman, 1917Modern silver gelatin print from the original glass negativex43312

Camden Connection #5 (From Suffrage to Soundcheck)

Sir Arnold Wesker b.1932Playwright

Did you know? Wesker was integral in the transformation of the Roundhouse arts centre from a railway repair shed in 1964 into one of London’s most popular music and cultural venues.

Camden Connection: Wesker lived in Highgate. This year’s Creative Connections partner, Haverstock School, is located next to the Roundhouse and works closely with it.

Biography: Wesker’s strong commitment to politics and deep sympathy for the human condition are evident in the themes of his writing. Among his thirty-six plays are The Kitchen (1959), The Wesker Trilogy (1956-8) and Chips with Everything (1962). Wesker has an international reputation and his work has been translated into eighteen languages.

By Fay Godwin, 1974Silver gelatin printGiven by Fay Godwin, 1980x12942

Amy Winehouse 1983–2011Singer

Did you know? This portrait of Winehouse, famous for her distinctive Beehive hairstyle, was used for her album cover Back to Black (2006).

Camden Connection: Winehouse was a resident of Camden Town. A statue of her can be found in the Camden Stables Market.

Biography: Winehouse trained at the Sylvia Young Theatre School, London and sang as a vocalist with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra. She made internationally acclaimed albums and won five Grammys, three Ivor Novello Awards and a Brit Award for Best Female Artist. Her battle with addiction was widely covered in the media andshe died at the age of twenty-seven.

By Mischa Richter, 24 July 2006Colour coupler printx131006

Zadie Smith b.1975Writer

Did you know? In her book White Teeth, Smith uses peoples’ teeth as a metaphor for human characteristics.

Camden Connection: Smith went to Hampstead School.

Biography: Smith was born in North London, to an English father and Jamaican mother. She graduated from Cambridge University with a first class degree in English Literature. She won the Whitbread First Novel Award with her book White Teeth (2000) and continues to enjoy literary success. Other awards won by Smith include the Man Booker and the Orange prizes for fiction.

By Ben MurphyColour coupler print, 2000x125078

David Pitt, Baron Pitt of Hampstead 1913–94Parliamentarian

Did you know? Pitt helped found the Campaign Against Racial Discrimination in 1964 with advice from Dr Martin Luther King.

Camden Connection: Pitt had a medical practice in the Euston area. He was made Baron Pitt of Hampstead in 1975.

Biography: Born in Grenada, Pitt won a scholarship to study medicine in Edinburgh. He returned to Britain and established a medical practice servicing the local Caribbean community. Pitt became a spokesperson for migrant rights and was selected as the Labour candidate for Hampstead in the 1957 election. Pitt sat in the House of Lords from 1975 and was the longest serving black Parliamentarian.

By Neil Kenlock, 1976Silver gelatin printx126195

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Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett 1847–1929Campaigner

Did you know? Fawcett’s work and commitment to the empowerment of women continues today through the Fawcett Society, founded in 1866.

Camden Connection: Fawcett lived in Bloomsbury.

Biography: During her teenage years Fawcett became involved in women’s rights and suffrage (the right to vote). Fawcett co-founded the women-only Newnham College at Cambridge University (1871). Under her presidency (1897–1919) the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) became the largest of its kind. Her sister was Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, the first woman to qualify as a doctor in England.

By W. & D. Downey, published by Cassell & Company, LtdCarbon print, published 1890x28146

Dame Tessa Jowell b.1947Politician

Did you know? Jowell worked for ten years on the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and played a crucial role in securing London’s bid.

Camden Connection: Jowell lives in Highgate and is a former Camden Councillor.

Biography: Born in London, Jowell has held a variety of ministerial positions during her political career including Minister for Women (1998-2001) and Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (2001–7).

By Brian Griffin, 2 February 2010Inkjet printP1711

Camden Radical Characters

The Camden Radical Characters are made-up of objects that represent interesting and curious facts about the ‘Camden Connected’ people from the National Portrait Gallery Collection.

Each Character represents six of these people – the biographies and Character titles provide clues as to who these are.

Radical Character #1 (From Songs to Surrealism) by Kate Peters © National Portrait Gallery

Radical Character #2 (From Whiz-bang to Wakefield) by Kate Peters © National Portrait Gallery

Radical Character #3 (From Science Fiction to Surgery)by Kate Peters © National Portrait Gallery

Radical Character #4 (From Digging to Dreams)by Kate Peters © National Portrait Gallery

Radical Character #5 (From Suffrage to Soundcheck)by Kate Peters © National Portrait Gallery

The display

© National Portrait Gallery

Private View

Young people, their family, friends and school community celebrate at the launch with the Project Supporter, Artist and the Gallery team.

By K.Martin and the National Portrait Gallery Youth Forum © National Portrait Gallery

Project Artist, Kate PetersKate Peters is a photographer based in London. Inspired by a rebellious photography teacher, Kate began making photographs at school and she says: ‘I have never stopped, just got a little bit better at it, I hope’. Dividing her time between personal projects and commissions, Kate’s work has been exhibited internationally and is held in private and public collections, including that of the National Portrait Gallery.

ShimaVanessaCassandraRabinaHadeelNathanArgjenda

SheimaMarkHassanSamiahKamilJasonAaron

ShiningShaimaKhadijahArianDionCharlieEmma

KelseyBethanyZaynabHamzoSabrinDanielaTansuma

Project Partners

Haverstock School Haverstock School is an inclusive, comprehensive school in Chalk Farm, Camden. The school community is culturally and intellectually rich and diverse. Haverstock’s core responsibilities are to ensure that when young people leave the school, they do so with the highest academic qualifications; skills that give them opportunities to have successful careers and families; and values and attitudes that will make the world a better place.

Participants: Creative Connections

Copyright acknowledgements Camden sitters

Alan Bennett, by Derry Moore, NPG P525 © Derry Moore

Aldous Huxley, by Cecil Beaton, NPG P869 (17) © Cecil Beaton Studio Archive, Sotheby’s London

Amy Winehouse, by Mischa Richter, NPG x131006 © Mischa Richter

Benedict Cumberbatch, by Spencer Murphy, NPG x134408, © Spencer Murphy

Bertrand Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, by Ida Kar, NPG 131164 © National Portrait Gallery

Charles Dickens, after Unknown artist, Given by Terence Pepper, NPG x135439 © National Portrait Gallery

Dame Agatha Christie, by John Garner, NPG x17073 © National Portrait Gallery

Dame Barbara Hepworth, by Jorge (‘J.S.’) Lewinski, NPG x13720 © Estate of Jorge Lewinski

Dame Louisa Aldrich-Blake, by (Mary) Olive Edis, NPG x28146 © National Portrait Gallery

Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett, by Olive Edis, NPG x28146 © National Portrait Gallery

Dame Tessa Jowell, by Brian Griffin, NPG P1711 © Brian Griffin

David Pitt, Baron Pitt of Hampstead, by Neil Kenlock, NPG x126195 © Neil Kenlock

Edward Miliband, by Kate Peters, NPG x138045 © Kate Peters

Glenda Jackson, by Terry O’Neill, Given by Terry O’Neill, NPG x34557 © Iconic Images/Terry O’Neill

Helena Bonham Carter, by David Seidner, NPG P876 © International Center of Photography, David Seiner Archive

Lee Miller, by Man Ray, NPG x137575 © Man Ray Trust/ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London

Marie Stops, by Bassano Ltd, NPG x127855 © National Portrait Gallery

Matthew Williamson, by Ben Murphy, NPG x12583 © Ben Murphy

Noor Inayat Khan, NPG x199215 © National Portrait Gallery

Paul Nurse, by Jason Bell, NPG x134066 © Jason Bell

Paul Robeson, by Madame Yevonde, NPG x29838 © Yevonde Portrait Archive

Sigmund Freud, International News Photos, NPG x184148 © Camera Press

Sir Arnold Wesker, by Fay Godwin, NPG x12942 © estate of Fay Godwin

Sir Flinders Petrie, by Walter Stoneman, NPG x43313 © National Portrait Gallery

Sir Rabindranath Tagore, by W. Fearon Halliday, NPG P992 © National Portrait Gallery

Thomas Heatherwick, by Elena Heatherwick, NPG x139989 © Elena Heatherwick

Virginia Woolf, by Gisèle Freund, NPG P440 © Estate Gisèle Freund / IMEC Images

Walter Sickert, by George Woodbine, for Daily Herald, NPG x74799 © Science & Society Picture Library / National Portrait Gallery

William Morris, by Henry Halliday Sparling, Given by Emery Walker Ltd, NPG x19621 © National Portrait Gallery

Zadie Smith, by Ben Murphy, NPG x125078 © Ben Murphy

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