Lady Ann Child Elliot (née Villiers); Victoria Cynthia Hunter (née Elliot)
6 of 6 portraits of Lady Ann Child Elliot (née Villiers)
Lady Ann Child Elliot (née Villiers); Victoria Cynthia Hunter (née Elliot)
by Ursula Powys-Lybbe
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 5 April 1939
9 1/4 in. x 7 5/8 in. (236 mm x 195 mm) image size
Given by Ursula Powys-Lybbe, 1977
Photographs Collection
NPG x136483
Sittersback to top
- Lady Ann Child Elliot (née Villiers) (1916-2006), Wife of Alexander Henry Elliot; daughter of 8th Earl of Jersey. Sitter in 6 portraits.
- Victoria Cynthia Hunter (née Elliot) (1938-), Wife of John Robert Hunter; daughter of Alexander Henry Elliot and Lady Ann Child-Villiers. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Artistback to top
- Ursula Powys-Lybbe (1910-1997), Photographer; wife of Druce Hervery Buckland. Artist or producer of 14 portraits.
Events of 1939back to top
Current affairs
Britain goes to war. The German invasion of Poland demonstrated that the policy of appeasement had failed. After refusing to meet Britain's ultimatum to withdraw troops, Britain and France declared war on Germany. The Second World War had begun.Art and science
The Sutton Hoo burial ship is discovered. Apparently following a dream, Mrs Pretty invited the archaeologist Basil Brown to investigate a series of burial mounds on her estate on the banks of the river Deben in Suffolk. The excavation revealed an Anglo-Saxon burial, uncovering the most significant horde of early medieval artefacts found in Britain (now housed at the British Museum).International
The Second World War begins. Germany's invasion of Poland prompted Britain and France to declare war forming the core of the Allied powers. As part of the Soviet-Nazi Pact, the Soviet Union joined the war on the German side, helping, with Italy, to form the Axis Powers. Poland was soon overpowered and the Baltic Republics and Finland were invaded by the Soviet Union.Comments back to top
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