Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood

1 portrait of Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood

© estate of Mark Birley

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Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood

published by Illustrated London News, after Sir Oswald Birley
colour photogravure, published 1922? (1922)
21 7/8 in. x 15 5/8 in. (557 mm x 398 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1940
Reference Collection
NPG D34070

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  • Sir Oswald Birley (1880-1952), Painter. Artist or producer associated with 16 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
  • Illustrated London News (active 1842-2003), Publisher. Artist or producer associated with 86 portraits.

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Current affairs

The British Broadcasting Company (later British Broadcasting Corporation) is established to experiment with radio broadcasting. It is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world, providing radio, television and Internet services to the public in Britain and across the world.

Art and science

1922 is a key year for modernist literature with the publication of James Joyce's novel, Ulysses and T.S. Eliot's poem, The Waste Land. Both broke new ground with Ulysses (loosely based on Homer's Odyssey) introducing the 'stream of consciousness' narrative technique, and The Waste Land experimenting with multiple voices and a patchwork of literary, historic, mythological and personal allusions.

International

The Soviet Union is formed under Joseph Stalin who takes power after Lenin suffers a debilitating stroke.
In an attempt to avoid civil war, King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy invites Benito Mussolini to form a new government following the Fascist Party's March on Rome.

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Mr M.E. Reed

14 May 2021, 08:23

Sir Oswald Birley painted Princess Mary's portrait c.1922 - the year she married Henry Lascelles, Viscount Lascelles. Around the same time, Birley painted the portrait of Charles Lupton who, in 1918, was Deputy Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire when Princess Mary's father-in-law, Henry Lascelles, 5th Earl of Harewood, was his Lord Lieutenant. On 27th July 1927, at the Headingley Cricket Ground, near Leeds, Princess Mary was photographed as guest of honour at a garden party. The procession of dignitaries which followed her included Charles Lupton's brother, Leeds Lord Mayor Hugh Lupton and his wife Isabella Lupton, the Lady Mayoress. Their niece, Olive Middleton (nee Lupton) was also photographed as one of the dignitaries in the procession walking behind Princess Mary. Olive had been on the Princess's fundraising committee for the Leeds Infirmary and her husband, Noel Middleton, had co-founded the Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra with both the Princess and her son George Lascelles as patrons. Noel Middleton had attended soirees at Harewood House on the the Harewood Estate whose tenants had presented Birley's portrait to Viscount Lascelles as a wedding gift. In 1928, Birley painted a portrait of Princess Mary's father - King George V - for the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff.