'Camping out at Friday's Hill'
1 portrait of Ray Strachey
'Camping out at Friday's Hill'
by Unknown photographer
vintage print, August 1898
6 1/2 in. x 7 7/8 in. (164 mm x 200 mm) overall
Given by Barbara Strachey (Hultin, later Halpern), 1999
Photographs Collection
NPG Ax160704
Artistback to top
- Unknown photographer, Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 6584 portraits.
Sittersback to top
- Mary Berenson (née Smith) (1864-1945), Art historian; former wife of Frank Costelloe, and later wife of Bernard Berenson; daughter of Robert Pearsall Smith. Sitter associated with 75 portraits. Identify
- Hannah Tatum Smith (née Whitall) (1832-1911), Evangelist and religious writer. Sitter in 47 portraits. Identify
- Catherine Elizabeth Conn ('Karin') Stephen (née Costelloe) (1889-1953), Psychoanalyst and psychologist. Sitter in 30 portraits. Identify
- Rachel Pearsall Conn ('Ray') Strachey (née Costelloe) (1887-1940), Feminist activist, artist and writer. Sitter associated with 64 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 99 portraits. Identify
- Sylvia Vidal. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Winnie. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Harold Worthington, Son of Grace and Tom Worthington. Sitter associated with 2 portraits. Identify
- Mary ('Pug') Worthington, Daughter of Grace and Tom Worthington. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
- Val Worthington, Son of Grace and Tom Worthington. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
Placesback to top
- Place made and portrayed: United Kingdom: England, Sussex (Friday's Hill House, Fernhurst, West Sussex)
Events of 1898back to top
Current affairs
The UK Parliament passes the Irish Local Government Act, which establishes a mixed system of local government in Ireland similar to that in Great Britain, notably creating new, directly elected county councils, and extending the electoral franchise to include all male householders and occupiers.Charles Pelham Villiers, Britain's longest-serving Member of Parliament, dies. Villiers entered Parliament in 1835 as Liberal MP for Wolverhampton.
Art and science
The French physicists Pierre and Marie Curie discover the strongly radioactive elements polonium and radium, paving the way for cancer therapy and nuclear physics.H.G. Wells's highly influential science fiction novellaThe War of the World is published, describing an invasion of England by aliens from Mars.
International
The Spanish-American war takes place after Spain fails to meet America's demands to peacefully resolve the Cuban fight for independence. America secures victory after a series of quick naval and military victories in the Philippines and Cuba. Later this year, the Treaty of Paris gives the US ownership of the former Spanish colonies of Puerto Rico, the Philippines and Guam, the US also taking control of Cuba, ending the uprising and granting independence.Comments back to top
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Michael Gorman
09 April 2016, 14:41
You kindly supplied a print of this photo to me last year. How can I order a JPG file for my private use? You should correct the date to 'August 1898', which is the date clearly written on the photo.