| Newly acquired portraits of Johnny Vegas, Matt Lucas, and Jimmy Carr in National Portrait Gallery display of comedy hero |
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LONDON.- Over 50 photographic portraits of comedians from the 1940s to the present day have gone on display at the National Portrait Gallery until 8 January 2012. On show for the first time are recent acquisitions of portraits of Jimmy Carr and Mitchell and Webb by Barry Marsden, Omid Djalili by Karen Robinson, Matt Lucas by Nadav Kander and Johnny Vegas by Karl J. Kaul. Charting 70 years of British Comedy the earliest portraits in the display, Comedians: From the 1940s to Now, are of comedians who began their careers while serving in the armed forces during the Second World War, including Kenneth Horne and Eric Sykes. From the 1950s a new captive audience was created with enduring radio shows such as Hancock’s Half Hour staring Tony Hancock and Sid James, and The Goon Show with Spike Milligan. This display goes on to highlight the performers from the satirical Establishment Club in the 1960s including John Fortune, Eleano read full article
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