Lady Ottoline Morrell with friends
2 of 2 portraits of Helen von Anrep (née Maitland)
Lady Ottoline Morrell with friends
by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, 1922
2 in. x 3 1/2 in. (52 mm x 88 mm) image size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Dame Helen Gardner Bequest, 2003
Photographs Collection
NPG Ax141359
Artistback to top
- Unknown photographer, Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 6584 portraits.
Sittersback to top
- Helen von Anrep (née Maitland) (1885-1965), Wife of Boris von Anrep. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Leslie Poles ('L.P.') Hartley (1895-1972), Novelist and critic. Sitter in 40 portraits. Identify
- Lady Ottoline Morrell (1873-1938), Patron of the arts; half-sister of 6th Duke of Portland; wife of Philip Edward Morrell. Sitter associated with 600 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 1716 portraits. Identify
- Sir John Knewstub Maurice Rothenstein (1901-1992), Art historian and Director of the Tate Gallery; son of Sir William Rothenstein. Sitter in 43 portraits. Identify
- Edward ('Eddy') Sackville-West, 5th Baron Sackville (1901-1965), Writer and music critic. Sitter associated with 39 portraits. Identify
- William Force Stead (1884-1967), Poet and clergyman. Sitter in 4 portraits. Identify
- (Evelyn) John St Loe Strachey (1901-1963), Socialist theorist and politician, Secretary of State for War. Sitter in 14 portraits. Identify
Placesback to top
- Place made and portrayed: United Kingdom: England, Oxfordshire (Garsington Manor, Oxfordshire)
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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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