Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester
1 portrait of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester
by Olive Edis
platinotype on photographer's card mount, 1920
8in. x 6in. (202 mm x 152 mm)
Given by Olive Edis, 1948
Photographs Collection
NPG x16351
Sitterback to top
- Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1900-1974), Son of George V. Sitter in 181 portraits.
Artistback to top
- (Mary) Olive Edis (Mrs Galsworthy) (1876-1955), Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 425 portraits, Sitter in 17 portraits.
Events of 1920back to top
Current affairs
The Government of Ireland Act (Fourth Home Rule Bill) partitions Ireland into the Irish Free State with a devolved parliament in Dublin and Northern Ireland with a devolved parliament in Belfast.The Communist Party of Great Britain is founded in London, uniting a number of independent socialist and Marxist parties into a single, united party.
Art and science
Queen Alexandra unveils a monument to Edith Cavell in St Martin's Place opposite the National Portrait Gallery. The English nurse was executed in Germany for helping hundreds of allied soldiers to cross the border from occupied Belgium to the neutral Netherlands.George V officially opens the Imperial War Museum at the Crystal Palace.
International
The Kapp Putsch threatens the newly formed Weimar Republic. In defiance of the Treaty of Versailles, the leaders of the Marinebrigade Ehrhardt refused to disband and marched on Berlin, occupying it on the 13th March. With the general army refusing to defend the city, the government fled to Stuttgart. The rebellion, however, failed after the workers joined a general strike, disabling their plans.Comments back to top
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