(Samuel) Lloyd Osbourne; Charles, Count of Wurmbrand-Stuppach; Robert Louis Stevenson; Tuimalealhfano
1 portrait of Robert Louis Stevenson
(Samuel) Lloyd Osbourne; Charles, Count of Wurmbrand-Stuppach; Robert Louis Stevenson; Tuimalealhfano
copy by John Moffat
platinum print, (29 January 1894)
8 in. x 5 3/8 in. (203 mm x 136 mm) image size
Purchased, 1929
Photographs Collection
NPG x4628
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- (Samuel) Lloyd Osbourne (1868-1947), Novelist; stepson of Robert Louis Stevenson. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), Novelist and essayist. Sitter associated with 33 portraits. Identify
- Tuimalealhfano, Samoan Chief. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Charles, Count of Wurmbrand-Stuppach (1866-1924), Captain in the Austrian army. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
Artistback to top
- John Moffat (1819-1894), Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 42 portraits.
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Events of 1894back to top
Current affairs
Following Gladstone's resignation, Queen Victoria calls on the Liberal MP Archibald Primrose, the 5th Earl of Rosebery to become Prime Minister, a position he reluctantly accepts. His government is largely unsuccessful as the Tory-dominated House of Lords stop the whole of the Liberal's domestic legislation, and his foreign policy plans are defeated by internal Liberal disagreements.Art and science
The Prince of Wales opens Tower Bridge, built over the Thames to improve access to the growing commercial district of the East End. The bridge was constructed from two bascules, or leaves, which could be raised to allow ships to pass underneath.Rudyard Kipling's hugely popular collection of children's stories and poems, The Jungle Book, is published. The stories, based on Kipling's own experiences in India, have been adapted many times.
International
The arrest and court-martial of Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish artillery officer, opens up divisions in France over anti-semitism continuing until Dreyfus's exoneration in 1906. The French President Sadi Carnot is assassinated by an Italian anarchist in Lyon.Nicholas II becomes Tsar of Russia following the death of Alexander III.
Japan and China go to war over control of Korea, with the more modern Japanese army winning an easy victory.
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