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Lady Caroline Spencer (née Russell), Duchess of Marlborough

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Lady Caroline Spencer (née Russell), Duchess of Marlborough

printed by A. Salmon, published by Henry Graves & Co, after George Romney
mezzotint, published 1908
26 1/4 in. x 17 5/8 in. (668 mm x 447 mm) plate size; 28 1/4 in. x 18 3/8 in. (719 mm x 468 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1958
Reference Collection
NPG D38255

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  • Henry Graves & Co (active 1844-1899), Publishers. Artist or producer associated with 256 portraits.
  • George Romney (1734-1802), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 173 portraits, Sitter in 5 portraits.
  • A. Salmon (active 1906-8), Printer. Artist or producer associated with 2 portraits.

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Current affairs

Henry Asquith replaces Henry Campbell-Bannerman as Liberal leader and Prime Minister, with David Lloyd George taking control of the Exchequer. Asquith and Lloyd George embark on a bold programme of social reform, laying the foundations of the Welfare State, introducing government pensions this year and later a system of National Insurance.
The first aeroplane for the British army is built by the American, Samuel Cody.

Art and science

E.M. Forster's novel A Room with a View is published, following the experiences of a young woman, Lucy Honeychurch, in the repressed culture of Edwardian England.
The French art critic Louis Vauxcelles first uses the term 'cubism' to refer to a landscape painting by Georges Braque.

International

King Carlos of Portugal and his heir, Prince Luis Filipe, are killed by assassins from the Republican trying to provoke a revolution. Carlos I, unpopular because of his extravagant lifestyle and extramarital affairs, was succeeded by his younger son, Manuel, the last monarch of the Braganza dynasty.
Following the death of the Guangxu Emperor in China, his two year old nephew replaces him, becoming the the last Manchu emperor of China.

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