Harry Gordon Selfridge Sr
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- set matching 'Cartoons by Robert Stewart Sherriffs'
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Harry Gordon Selfridge Sr
by Robert Stewart Sherriffs
ink and pencil, circa 1928-1936
15 3/4 in. x 11 1/4 in. (399 mm x 286 mm) uneven
Purchased, 1978
Primary Collection
NPG 5224(1)
Sitterback to top
- Harry Gordon Selfridge Sr (1858-1947), Businessman and founder of Selfridges. Sitter in 13 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Robert Stewart Sherriffs (1906-1960), Caricaturist and cartoonist. Artist or producer associated with 41 portraits.
This portraitback to top
This drawing of Selfridge sitting before a crumbling Parthenon appeared in London Calling with the caption: 'Mr Gordon Selfridge wonders if such a thing could happen in Oxford Street'.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 555
Subjects & Themesback to top
Events of 1928back to top
Current affairs
The Representation of the People Act 1928 grants women the same rights to vote as men. Building on reform of 1918, this Act lowered the voting age for women from 30 to 21, and removed the ownership of property requirements.Art and science
Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin. The Scottish scientist's identification of the first antibiotic revolutionised the treatment of infection and is a landmark in medical history. By the Second World War, penicillin was being used to treat wounded soldiers and had a major impact on survival rates of those with infected wounds.International
Stalin announces the Soviet Union's first Five-Year plan of economic development. Based on Lenin's New Economic Policy, the Five-Year Plans aimed to expand the country's economy through rapid centralised industrialisation.Comments back to top
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