A display commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the Profumo Affair opens at the National Portrait Gallery, London today (30 April 2013).

And with good reason. For the artist, Stephen Ward, was a central figure in the Profumo scandal that held government, high society and the public prints in thrall through much of 1963.

The society osteopath and artist involved in the Profumo affair ... the sex and spies scandal which engrossed 1960s Britain. Stephen Ward was convicted of living off the immoral earnings of ...

signed 'Stephen Ward', inscribed with title and numbered '27' l.r., black and white chalk and pencil Subscribe now to view details for this work, and gain access to over 18 million auction results.

Osteopath and artist Stephen Ward had pleaded his innocence over the Profumo affair which scandalised Britain in the 1960s (PA Archive) Credit: PA Archive/PA Images The society osteopath and ...