Margaret, Crown Princess of Sweden; Sigvard Oscar Fredrik Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg; Prince Gustav Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten
2 of 101 portraits by Speaight Ltd
Margaret, Crown Princess of Sweden; Sigvard Oscar Fredrik Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg; Prince Gustav Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten
by Speaight Ltd, published by J. Beagles & Co
postcard print, 1907
4 7/8 in. x 3 1/4 in. (125 mm x 82 mm) image size
Given by W.M. Campbell Smyth, 1935
Photographs Collection
NPG x74450
Sittersback to top
- Prince Gustav Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten (1906-1947), Son and heir to Prince Gustaf Adolf (later King of Sweden). Sitter in 6 portraits. Identify
- Margaret, Crown Princess of Sweden (1882-1920), First wife of Crown Prince Gustav Adolf of Sweden; daughter of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and granddaughter of Queen Victoria. Sitter in 36 portraits. Identify
- Sigvard Oscar Fredrik Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg (1907-2002), Industrial designer; son of Gustaf VI Adolf, King of Sweden. Sitter in 4 portraits. Identify
Artistsback to top
- J. Beagles & Co (active 1903-), Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 578 portraits.
- Speaight Ltd (active 1904-1940), Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 101 portraits.
Events of 1907back to top
Current affairs
Robert Baden Powell, a former lieutenant-general in the British Army, forms the Boy Scout Movement after holding a camp on Brownsea Island for a group of twenty-two boys of mixed social background. Baden Powell was inspired after finding that his 1903 military training manual Aids to Scouting had become a bestseller, and was being used by teachers and youth workers. The Scout movement has become a Worldwide phenomenon, with over 38 million members in 216 countries.Art and science
The poet, author and critic Edmund Gosse publishes his autobiography Father and Son, an account of his relationship with his devout Christian father, the zoologist Phillip Gosse. Edmund's detailing of his loss of faith is a reflection on the Victorian age itself.Anna Pavlova first dances The Dying Swan, choreographed by Michel Fokine to music by Camille Saint-Saens, at a charity performance.
International
America is gripped by a financial crisis as a collapse of trust companies causes panic amongst shareholders.Aged twenty, the Swiss architect Le Corbusier, one of the most influential figures in twentieth-century architecture, designs his first house at La Chaux-de-Fonds in Switzerland.
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