'Luncheon Party to the President and Members of the Russian Duma at the House of Commons'
1 portrait of Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith
'Luncheon Party to the President and Members of the Russian Duma at the House of Commons'
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 22 June 1909
6 1/8 in. x 8 in. (155 mm x 202 mm) image size
Given by House of Commons Library, 1974
Photographs Collection
NPG x135581
Artistback to top
- Sir (John) Benjamin Stone (1838-1914), Politician and photographer. Artist or producer associated with 1436 portraits, Sitter in 28 portraits.
Sittersback to top
- Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour (1848-1930), Prime Minister and philosopher. Sitter in 140 portraits. Identify
- Jean Efremoff (Ivan Nikolaevich Efremov) (born 1866), Politician and writer. Sitter in 5 portraits. Identify
- Sir John Henniker Heaton, 1st Bt (1848-1914), Politician and postal reformer. Sitter in 33 portraits. Identify
- Nicholas Alexeievitch Homiakoff (born 1850), President of the Russian Duma. Sitter associated with 4 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 1 portrait. Identify
- Arthur Fitzgerald Kinnaird, 11th Lord Kinnaird of Inchture and 3rd Baron Kinnaird of Rossie (1847-1923), Footballer and philanthropist. Sitter in 6 portraits. Identify
- Walter Hume Long, 1st Viscount Long of Wraxall (1854-1924), Politician; Secretary of State for the Colonies and First Lord of the Admiralty. Sitter in 27 portraits. Identify
- Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith (1852-1928), Prime Minister. Sitter in 73 portraits. Identify
- Duncan Vernon Pirie (1858-1931), Politician and army officer. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
- William Henry Holland, 1st Baron Rotherham (1849-1927), Textile manufacturer and politician. Sitter in 12 portraits. Identify
- Philip James Stanhope, Baron Weardale (1847-1923), Politician; Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery. Sitter in 13 portraits. Identify
Placesback to top
- Place made and portrayed: United Kingdom: England, London (Terrace, Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London)
Events of 1909back to top
Current affairs
The American retailer Harry Gordon Selfridge opens the first British custom-built department store on what was then the 'dead end' of Oxford Street. The revolutionary complex, considered the world's largest at the time, transforms shopping, offering diverse amenities including a post office and a library, and modernises the visual face of retailing through innovative window displays.Art and science
The Frenchman Louis Bleriot becomes the first person to cross the English channel by aeroplane, winning the £1,000 prize offered by the Daily Mail, and greeted by cheering crowds at Dover station. Bleriot's flight also showed that England was, as H.G. Wells put it, from a military point of view 'no longer an inaccessible island'.In dance, Alexandre Benois becomes the first artistic director of Sergey Diaghilev's innovative Ballets Russes.
International
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), is founded in America to campaign for the rights of African Americans. One of the oldest and most influential civil rights movements, it was founded by a diverse group of individuals from mixed backgrounds, including W.E.B. Du Bois, Ida Wells-Barnett, Henry Moscowitz and William English Walling.The Selig Polyscope company sets up the first film studio in Los Angeles.
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