'Men who are making History'
1 portrait of John Arbuthnot Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher
'Men who are making History'
published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
postcard print, circa 1914
5 in. x 3 1/8 in. (126 mm x 80 mm) image size
Given by Terence Pepper, 2013
Photographs Collection
NPG x193603
Artistback to top
- Rotary Photographic Co Ltd (active 1897-1916), Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 1423 portraits.
Sittersback to top
- David Richard Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (1871-1936), Admiral. Sitter in 20 portraits.
- Sir George Astley Callaghan (1852-1920), Admiral of the Fleet. Sitter in 7 portraits.
- John Arbuthnot Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher (1841-1920), Admiral. Sitter in 17 portraits.
- King George V (1865-1936), Reigned 1910-36. Sitter in 488 portraits.
- Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (1861-1928), Field Marshal. Sitter in 64 portraits.
- John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe (1859-1935), Admiral. Sitter in 19 portraits.
- Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum (1850-1916), Field Marshal. Sitter in 150 portraits.
- Sir Charles Edward Madden, 1st Bt (1862-1935), Admiral. Sitter in 9 portraits.
- Sir Archibald James Murray (1860-1945), General. Sitter associated with 10 portraits.
- Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts (1832-1914), Field Marshal. Sitter in 81 portraits.
- Sir Horace Lockwood Smith-Dorrien (1858-1930), General; Governor of Gibraltar. Sitter in 17 portraits.
- John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres (1852-1925), Field Marshal. Sitter in 24 portraits.
Events of 1914back to top
Current affairs
Following Germany's declaration of war on France and invasion of Belgium, Herbert Henry Asquith, the British Prime Minister, declares war on the German Empire on August 4, 1914. The popular belief that the conflict would be 'over by Christmas' was soon found to be a bitter underestimate of the scale of the war.Art and science
The fist issue of the periodical Blast is published by Wyndham Lewis, announcing the advent of Vorticism. This movement, named by Ezra Pound and taking in art and poetry, combined the vitality and dynamism of Italian Futurism with the geometric structure of Cubism. Vorticism was a direct challenge to the perceived quaint and domestic style of the Bloomsbury group and Roger Fry's Omega Workshop.International
On June 28th 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria is assassinated in Sarajevo leading to Austria's declaration of war against Serbia and triggering the First World War. Germany declared war on Serbia's ally, Russia, and then marched on France via Belgium. Soon all of Europe and most of the world was embroiled in total war.Comments back to top
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