Sir Giles Gilbert Scott

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Sir Giles Gilbert Scott

by Reginald Grenville Eves
oil on canvas, 1935
24 in. x 20 in. (610 mm x 508 mm)
Purchased, 1960
Primary Collection
NPG 4171

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This portrait of Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, arc…

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  • Reginald Grenville Eves (1876-1941), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 31 portraits, Sitter in 7 portraits.

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  • Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 552
  • Simon, Jacob, The Art of the Picture Frame: Artists, Patrons and the Framing of Portraits in Britain, 1997 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 8 November 1996 - 9 February 1997), p. 127, 187 Read entry

    English oak, machined and polished, mitred with tongue joints, raised sight edge mouldings planted on a flat back frame. 4 1⁄ 2 inches wide. Inscribed on the reverse, 'This frame made from House of Commons! "Gilbert Scott" oak by direction of Sir Robert Cooke/by E.A. NORTON District Works Officer D.O.E. 1979'.

    This portrait of Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, architect of the House of Commons chamber as rebuilt after the Second World War, has been on loan to the Palace of Westminster since 1978. It was reframed in 1979 at the direction of Sir Robert Cooke, MP, then chairman of the House of Commons Advisory Committee on Works of Art, in House of Commons 'Gilbert Scott' oak of English origin specially cut for the rebuilding of the Chamber. The frame was made by parliamentary carpenters, Steve Tarpey and Fred Boileau, under the direction of Eddie Norton, District Works Officer, from original door frames which had been taken to store as a result of alterations to the building.1 The double roll moulding was used for panelling, architraves and door frames in the Chamber and the surrounding offices, and is a standard Gilbert Scott interior motif.

    1 Much of this information was kindly supplied by Jacqueline Riding, Assistant Curator at the Palace of Westminster, letter of 24 January 1996.

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Current affairs

Stanley Baldwin starts his third term as Prime Minister after Ramsay Macdonald resigns due to ill health. Coincidentally, Baldwin's first term in office also came about when the Prime Minister of the time, Bonar Law, stepped down due to illness in 1923.

Art and science

Robert Watson-Watt demonstrates Radar, showing how an aircraft can be tracked by detecting radio waves reflected off it. During the war, Watson-Watt established a network of machines and operators that helped detect the approach of enemy aircraft in the Battle of Britain.
Penguin publishes its first paperback books, making reading more portable and affordable to a wider audience.

International

Italy invades Abyssinia. The invasion of the country now known as Ethiopia was part of Mussolini's plan to create an Italian Empire. It was also an attempt to avenge Abyssinia's victory over the Italian army at Adowa in 1896.
Germany introduces conscription, breaking the disarmament clause of the Treaty of Versailles.

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