Sir Thomas Beecham Conducting 'A Mass of Life' at the Queen's Hall, 1929
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir Thomas Beecham Conducting 'A Mass of Life' at the Queen's Hall, 1929
by Ernest Procter
composite of 16 pencil studies, 1929
30 1/2 in. x 26 1/8 in. (775 mm x 664 mm)
Given by the artist's daughter-in-law, Phoebe M. Procter, 1990
Primary Collection
NPG 6108
Artistback to top
- Ernest Procter (1886-1935), Artist. Artist or producer of 40 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
Related worksback to top
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- NPG 4975(5): Frederick Delius (study)
- NPG 4975(2): Frederick Delius (study)
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- NPG 4975(4): Frederick Delius (study)
- NPG 4975(6): Frederick Delius (study)
- NPG 4975(7): Frederick Delius (study)
- NPG 4975(9): Sir Thomas Beecham, 2nd Bt (study)
- NPG 4975(10): Sir Thomas Beecham, 2nd Bt (study)
- NPG 4975(11): Sir Thomas Beecham, 2nd Bt (study)
- NPG 4975(12): Sir Landon Ronald (study)
- NPG 4975(13): Sir Landon Ronald (study)
- NPG 4975(14): Grand piano and timpani (study)
- NPG 4975(15): Frederick Delius with five members of the orchestra (study)
- NPG 4975(16): Sir Thomas Beecham, 2nd Bt (study)
- NPG 4975(17): Unknown sitters (study)
- NPG 4975(18): Unknown sitters (study)
- NPG 4975(19): Unknown violinist (study)
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- NPG 4975(21): Unknown members of the orchestra (study)
- NPG 4975(22): Unknown musicians (study)
- NPG 4975(23): Double bass player, possibly Eugene Cruft (study)
- NPG 4975(24): (Hubert) Leslie Woodgate (study)
- NPG 4975(25): Unknown members of the orchestra (study)
- NPG 4975(26): Unknown trumpet player (study)
- NPG 4975(27): Unknown trumpet player (study)
- NPG 4975(28): Unknown violinist (study)
- NPG 4975(29): Sir George Thomas Thalben-Ball (study)
- NPG 4975(30): (Hubert) Leslie Woodgate with choral group (study)
- NPG 4975(31): Sir Thomas Beecham conducting 'A Mass of Life' at the Queen's Hall (study)
- NPG 4975(31a): Sir Thomas Beecham, 2nd Bt (study)
- NPG 4975(32): Sir Thomas Beecham, 2nd Bt with members of the orchestra (study)
- NPG 4975(33): Two unknown violinists (study)
- NPG 4975(34): Unknown violinist (study)
- NPG 4975(35): Tudor Davies, Roy Henderson and Leslie Woodgate (study)
- NPG 4975(35a): Unknown woman (study)
- NPG 4975(36): (Hubert) Leslie Woodgate (study)
Linked publicationsback to top
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 45
Placesback to top
- Place portrayed: United Kingdom: England, London (Queen's Hall, Langham Place, London)
Events of 1929back to top
Current affairs
The first election held under universal suffrage is a victory for Labour. Ramsay Macdonald returned for his second term as Prime Minster, and appointed Margaret Grace Bondfield as the first woman Cabinet Minister.Art and science
Two classic books about the First World War are published: All Quiet on the Western Front, by war veteran, Erich Maria Remarque, tells of the horrors of war and the returning German soldiers' feelings of detachment from civilian life; while Robert Grave's autobiography Goodbye to All That, aimed to describe the author's experiences of the war so that they 'need never be thought about again'.International
The 24th October 1929 becomes known as Black Thursday when the US Stock Exchange Collapses and millions are lost. The event was the start of the Wall Street Crash, which in turn contributed towards the Great Depression: a major international recession that lasted through most of the 1930s.Comments back to top
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