'Whitall Women'
18 of 30 portraits of Karin Stephen
'Whitall Women'
by Unknown photographer
gelatin silver print, circa 1908
4 1/8 in. x 5 1/4 in. (104 mm x 134 mm) overall
Given by Barbara Strachey (Hultin, later Halpern), 1999
Photographs Collection
NPG Ax160734
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
- Alys Whitall Russell (née Pearsall Smith) (1867-1951), First wife of Bertrand Russell; daughter of Robert Pearsall Smith. Sitter in 56 portraits. Identify
- Catherine Elizabeth Conn ('Karin') Stephen (née Costelloe) (1889-1953), Psychoanalyst and psychologist. Sitter in 30 portraits. Identify
- (Mary) Grace Worthington (née Thomas) (1866-1937), Sister of (Martha) Carey Thomas; former wife of Tom Worthington. Sitter in 6 portraits. Identify
Artistback to top
- Unknown photographer, Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 6584 portraits.
Placesback to top
- Place made and portrayed: United Kingdom: England, Oxfordshire (Court Place House, Iffley, Oxfordshire, England)
Events of 1908back to top
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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