'The Duchess of Wellington's Quadrille Party (A Midsummer Night's Dream)'
1 portrait by Hudson & Kearns Ltd
'The Duchess of Wellington's Quadrille Party (A Midsummer Night's Dream)'
by Mendelssohn Ltd, published by Hudson & Kearns Ltd
photogravure, 20 June 1911, published 1912
5 3/4 in. x 10 3/4 in. (145 mm x 272 mm) image size
Purchased, 2010
Photographs Collection
NPG Ax135773
Artistsback to top
- Hudson & Kearns Ltd, Photographic printing company established in 1831 in London.. Artist or producer associated with 29 portraits.
- Mendelssohn Ltd (active 1908-1915), Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 1 portrait.
Sittersback to top
- Hon. Irene Constance Adam (née Lawley) (1889-1976), Wife of Colin Gurdon Forbes Adam; daughter of 3rd Baron Wenlock. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Hon. Betty Constance Asquith (née Manners) (1889-1962), Wife of Hon. Arthur Melland Asquith. Sitter in 10 portraits.
- Miss Assheton Smith. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Daisy Benson (active 1911). Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Rex Benson. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Joan Marion (née Nevill), Marchioness of Camden (1877-1952), Wife of 4th Marquess Camden; daughter of 3rd Marquess of Abergavenny. Sitter in 14 portraits. Identify
- R. Cavendish. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Hon. George Seymour Dawson-Damer (1892-1917), Army officer; son of 5th Earl of Portarlington. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Brenda (née Woodhouse), Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava (died 1946), Former wife of 3rd Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, and later wife of Henry Charles Somers Augustus Somerset; daughter of Robert Woodhouse. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- J. Fitzgerald. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Miss Goudy (active 1911). Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Mr Grant (active 1911). Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Hon. Gerald William ('Billy') Grenfell (1890-1915), Army officer; son of 1st Baron Desborough. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Hon. Mervyn Robert Howard Molyneux Herbert (1882-1929), Diplomat and cricket player. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Cecil Matthew Stanley Higgins (1878-1935), Diplomat. Sitter associated with 2 portraits.
- Frances Ruby Vera Lindsay (Mrs Peto) (1884-1951), First wife of Ralph Harding Peto; daughter of Walter James Lindsay. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Lord Robert William Orlando Manners (1870-1917), Major. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Hon. John Nevile Manners (1892-1914), Army officer; son of 3rd Baron Manners. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Hon. (Victor Alexander Herbert) Huia Onslow (1890-1922), Biochemist; son of 4th Earl of Onslow. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Lady Eileen Orde (née Wellesley) (1887-1952), Artist; wife of Cuthbert Julian Orde; daughter of 4th Duke of Wellington. Sitter in 8 portraits.
- Bridget (née Colebrooke), Lady Victor Paget (1892-1975), Second wife of Lord Victor William Paget; daughter of 1st Baron Colebrooke. Sitter in 6 portraits.
- Ralph Harding Peto (1877-1945), Diplomat and army officer. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Lieutenant Sherston, Army officer. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Louise Nesta Pamela (née FitzGerald), Lady George Wellesley (1889-1946), Former wife of Lord Richard Wellesley, and later wife of Lord George Wellesley; daughter of Sir Maurice FitzGerald, 2nd Bt. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- (Lilian) Maud Glen (née Coats), Duchess of Wellington (1885-1946), Wife of 5th Duke of Wellington; daughter of 1st Baron Glentanar. Sitter in 23 portraits.
- Gerald Wellesley, 7th Duke of Wellington (1885-1972), Diplomat, army officer and architect. Sitter in 4 portraits. Identify
- Muriel Wilson (active 1897-1911). Sitter in 2 portraits.
- Hon. Archer Windsor-Clive (1890-1914), Son of 1st Earl of Plymouth. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Placesback to top
- Place made and portrayed: United Kingdom: England, London (Apsley House, Hyde Park Corner, London)
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Events of 1911back to top
Current affairs
Asquith's Liberal government introduces the Parliament Act to curb the powers of the House of Lords following the clash between the Commons and Lords over the 1909 People's Budget. The Act removed the Lords' power to veto bills, reduced the length of Parliament from seven to five years, and provided for the payment of MPs.Art and science
Ernest Rutherford discovers the structure of the atom. The New Zealand born physicist working in Manchester showed with his Nuclear Model that electrons orbited a nucleus composed of protons and neutrons. The discovery paved the way for nuclear physics.International
The Polish Chemist, Marie Curie, becomes the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for her discovery in 1898 of the radioactive element, Radon.The Mona Lisa is stolen from the Louvre. The masterpiece was missing for two years, during which time suspicion fell on avant-garde poet Guillaume Apollinaire and his friend Pablo Picasso, before Vincenzo Peruggia, an employee of the Louvre, was arrested in Florence.
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