Leonard Cecil Colin Lindsay
20 of 35 portraits by Henry Herschel Hay Cameron (later The Cameron Studio)
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Leonard Cecil Colin Lindsay
by Henry Herschel Hay Cameron (later The Cameron Studio)
platinotype cabinet card, 1893
5 5/8 in. x 3 7/8 in. (144 mm x 100 mm) image size
Given by Patricia Coleby, 1981
Photographs Collection
NPG Ax13951
Sitterback to top
- Leonard Cecil Colin Lindsay (1857-1941), Private Chamberlain to the Pope Pius XI. Sitter in 2 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Henry Herschel Hay Cameron (later The Cameron Studio) (founded 1886), Photographic Studio. Artist or producer associated with 35 portraits.
Placesback to top
- Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (photographers' studio, 70 Mortimer Street, Regent Street, London)
Events of 1893back to top
Current affairs
Keir Hardie is among the group who formalise the Independent Labour Party, and is elected chairman and party leader at the opening conference. Gladstone continues with his campaign for home rule in Ireland, introducing the Second Home Rule Bill, which is passed by the Commons but vetoed by the Lords.Art and science
Art Nouveau becomes a fully established movement in European art and design, after emerging in different countries and across different disciplines at the start of the decade. Key figures include the illustrator Aubrey Beardsley, architects Victor Horta and Paul Hankar, and the designer Alphonse Mucha. Art Nouveau is characterised by the 'whiplash' line, a decorative line which represents graphically the desire to break free from traditional aesthetic constraints.International
Gandhi's ejection from a South African train carriage on account of his race is the catalyst for his non-violent activism in leading the struggle for Indian independence from British rule.New Zealand becomes the first self-governing country to grant women the vote.
The Chicago World's Fair is visited by more than 200 million people, with Nikola Tesla and George Westinghouse introducing electrical power to illuminate the fair.
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