'As popularity is to be achieved nowadays only through the cinema Mr. Punch 'presents' a few screen opportunities for prominent aspirants'
1 portrait of Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe
'As popularity is to be achieved nowadays only through the cinema Mr. Punch 'presents' a few screen opportunities for prominent aspirants'
by Bernard Partridge
ink and watercolour on artists' board, 1922 or before
17 1/8 in. x 12 1/4 in. (436 mm x 310 mm)
Given by the Art Fund, 1949
Reference Collection
NPG D9759
Artistback to top
- Sir (John) Bernard Partridge (1861-1945), Cartoonist and illustrator. Artist or producer associated with 91 portraits, Sitter in 20 portraits.
Sittersback to top
- Eamon De Valera (1882-1975), Irish Prime Minister and President of Ireland. Sitter in 15 portraits. Identify
- Sir Eric Campbell Geddes (1875-1937), Minister of Transport. Sitter in 19 portraits. Identify
- Augustus Edwin John (1878-1961), Painter. Sitter in 106 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 33 portraits. Identify
- William Eugene Johnson (1862-1945), Law office and prohibition activist. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George (1863-1945), Prime Minister. Sitter associated with 134 portraits. Identify
- Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe (1865-1922), Newspaper proprietor. Sitter in 8 portraits. Identify
Events of 1922back to top
Current affairs
The British Broadcasting Company (later British Broadcasting Corporation) is established to experiment with radio broadcasting. It is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world, providing radio, television and Internet services to the public in Britain and across the world.Art and science
1922 is a key year for modernist literature with the publication of James Joyce's novel, Ulysses and T.S. Eliot's poem, The Waste Land. Both broke new ground with Ulysses (loosely based on Homer's Odyssey) introducing the 'stream of consciousness' narrative technique, and The Waste Land experimenting with multiple voices and a patchwork of literary, historic, mythological and personal allusions.International
The Soviet Union is formed under Joseph Stalin who takes power after Lenin suffers a debilitating stroke.In an attempt to avoid civil war, King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy invites Benito Mussolini to form a new government following the Fascist Party's March on Rome.
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