Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley
1 portrait of Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley
by Francis Henry Hart, for Elliott & Fry
chlorobromide print on cream card mount, 1884
11 1/2 in. x 9 1/8 in. (291 mm x 233 mm) image size
Given by John Morton Morris, 2004
Photographs Collection
NPG x127495
Sitterback to top
- Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley (1833-1913), Field Marshal. Sitter in 44 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Elliott & Fry (active 1863-1962), Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 10998 portraits.
- Francis Henry Hart (1855-1917), Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 32 portraits.
Placesback to top
- Place made and portrayed: United Kingdom: England, London (55 Baker Street, Portman Square, London)
Events of 1884back to top
Current affairs
The Third Reform Act further reduces the financial threshold for voters, extending the franchise to all householders in the counties, achieving uniformity with those in the boroughs, and effectively doubling the electorate from 2.5 million to just under 5 million.Foundation of the socialist group, the Fabian Society. The group quickly grows in size, including members Eleanor Marx, George Bernard Shaw and Beatrice Webb.
Art and science
Under the editorship of James Murray, the Oxford English Dictionary begins publication, with the tenth and final volume appearing 1928. The idea for a historical dictionary of the English language had been conceived by members of the Philological Society in 1857, including Frederick Furnivall, and some 800 voluntary readers contributed to the immense project.International
Germany annexes Southwest Africa, Togoland, the Cameroons, and Tanganyike, and launches the scramble for Africa as it becomes the third largest colonial power in the continent. Bismarck also invites the European powers to a West Africa conference in Berlin, which, carving up the map of Africa between them, regulates colonial practice, frees trade and prohibits slavery, formally marking the start of the New Imperialism which would flourish until World War I.Comments back to top
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