"painting & portrait & Clement Attlee & by Marcus Stone, 1945" [NMLH.1993.373.11]

Catalogue Number
NMLH.1993.373.11

Object Name
Painting

Title
Clement Attlee

Date
1945

Creator(s)
Stone, Marcus

Description
Clement Attlee (1883-1967) was leader of the 1945 Labour Government, the most significant reforming administration of 20th century Britain. Attlee's government introduced the National Health Service, nationalised one fifth of the British economy, including coal mines, and granted independence to India.

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