Lambda studied in his native Budapest, Vienna and Paris before coming to Britain in 1938. This bronze was cast in 1973 from a plaster made shortly before the 1945 General Election (London, National Portrait Gallery). An ex-miner from Tredegar, Aneurin Bevan (1897-1960) was elected Labour M.P. for Ebbw Vale in 1929. As minister of health and housing in 1945-51 he was one of the founders of the Welfare State. A brilliant attacking speaker, he was one of the greatest politicians of his day.