Lady Ottoline Morrell at Ashcombe

1 portrait of Ethel Oliver

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Lady Ottoline Morrell at Ashcombe

possibly by Cecil Beaton
vintage snapshot print, Summer 1933
3 in. x 4 7/8 in. (77 mm x 123 mm) image size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Dame Helen Gardner Bequest, 2003
Photographs Collection
NPG Ax143590

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  • Cecil Beaton (1904-1980), Photographer, designer and writer. Artist or producer associated with 1113 portraits, Sitter associated with 360 portraits.

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Sir Norman Angell is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Angell was recognised for his book, Europe's Optical Illusion (or The Great Illusion) first published in 1910 and updated in 1933, which argued that war between modern powers was futile as neither the looser or victor would gain economically from it.

Art and science

British Art embraces abstraction with the establishment of 'Unit 1', the first group of British Artists dedicated to producing abstract art. The critic Herbert Read formed the group by bringing together the artists Ben Nicholson, Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore, Paul Nash and the architect, Wells Coates.
The Duveen Wing extension at the National Portrait Gallery is opened by King George V.

International

The Nazi party comes to power in Germany as part of a coalition government with Hitler as Chancellor. Over the next year, the party consolidated its position through the Enabling Act (allowing them to pass legislation without the support of the coalition), by banning and purging opposition, and by making Hitler Führer in 1934: granting him the combined powers of Chancellor and President.

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Elizabeth Donze

27 October 2021, 18:37

I believe the man painting at far right is the person referred to in the caption as "Lord Lavery." Although we can't see his face, I believe this is the artist John Lavery. I recognize the shoes, his diminutive stature and his signature, which is sometimes hard to decipher. I think Lavery must have written the photo caption in his own hand. He often squeezes the "John" part of this name, making it hard to read. Lavery would go on to do another portrait of Lady Castlerosse in 1938 (the famous one of her sitting on a diving board in Palm Springs). Castlerosse is also photographed with John Lavery in a photograph in your collection, leading me to believe they were pals. Hope this helps! Elizabeth Donze, New Orleans