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Philip Edward Morrell; Lady Ottoline Morrell

2 of 2 portraits by Sir Victor Martin Reeves Goodman

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Philip Edward Morrell; Lady Ottoline Morrell

by Sir Victor Martin Reeves Goodman
vintage snapshot print, September 1937
4 in. x 6 in. (101 mm x 152 mm) image size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Dame Helen Gardner Bequest, 2003
Photographs Collection
NPG x144223

Sittersback to top

  • Lady Ottoline Morrell (1873-1938), Patron of the arts; half-sister of 6th Duke of Portland; wife of Philip Edward Morrell. Sitter associated with 600 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 1716 portraits. Identify
  • Philip Edward Morrell (1870-1943), Politician; husband of Lady Ottoline Morrell. Sitter associated with 191 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 339 portraits. Identify

Artistback to top

  • Sir Victor Martin Reeves Goodman (1899-1967), Clerk of the Parliaments; former husband of Julian Morrell, and later husband of Beatrice Anstice Crawley. Artist or producer of 2 portraits, Sitter in 12 portraits.

Placesback to top

  • Place made and portrayed: Italy (Hotel Alpino, Lago Maggiore, Italy)

Events of 1937back to top

Current affairs

George VI becomes king. The younger brother of Edward VIII was crowned on the 12th May and the coronation was broadcast to Britain and the Empire on the radio. Edward becomes the Duke of Windsor, although the rank of 'Royal Highness' is not extended to Wallis Simpson.
Neville Chamberlain becomes Prime Minister following Baldwin's retirement.

Art and science

Roland Penrose organises a tour of Picasso's painting Guernica to the UK. The painting, which shows the horrors of the Spanish Civil War, went on display at the Whitechapel Art Gallery in East London

International

Commercial airship travel is brought to an end with the 'Hindenberg Disaster'. The German airship exploded while landing in New Jersey. The radio broadcaster Herbert Morrison's reaction has become legendary: 'Oh, the humanity!'
Japan invades China, killing about 25,000. Japanese Troops committed numerous atrocities against soldiers and civilians in what became known as the 'Rape of Nanking'.

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