Vita Sackville-West; Olive Elizabeth Chalk Rubens (née Hood)
1 portrait of Vita Sackville-West
© 2022 E.O. Hoppé Estate Collection / Curatorial Inc.
Vita Sackville-West; Olive Elizabeth Chalk Rubens (née Hood)
by E.O. Hoppé
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 28 June 1916
8 1/2 in. x 6 3/8 in. (216 mm x 161 mm) image size
Given by Terence Pepper, 2012
Photographs Collection
NPG x136836
Sittersback to top
- Olive Elizabeth Chalk Rubens (née Hood) (born circa 1885), Wife of Walter Emil Rubens; sister-in-law of Paul Rubens. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Victoria Mary ('Vita') Sackville-West (1892-1962), Writer and gardener; wife of Sir Harold Nicolson. Sitter associated with 29 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Emil Otto ('E.O.') Hoppé (1878-1972), Photographer and writer. Artist or producer associated with 196 portraits, Sitter in 2 portraits.
Events of 1916back to top
Current affairs
As war drags on with heavy losses conscription is introduced with the Military Service Act. Conscientious objectors who refused to fight were compelled to do non-military war work, and some were jailed.British Summer Time is introduced, putting the clocks forward an hour during the summer in order to capitalise on daylight hours.
Art and science
C. Hubert H. Parry sets William Blake's poem, Jerusalem, to music popularising the poem and tune as a patriotic English anthem. On hearing Edward Elgar's orchestrated version in 1922, King George V suggested that it replace God Save the King as the National Anthem.International
The Irish Citizen Army starts a Nationalist rebellion in Dublin: The Easter Rising.Massive losses are suffered on the Western Front at the battles of the Somme and Verdun.
The Arab revolt against the Ottoman Empire (1916-18) led by Prince Faisal is assisted by T.E. Lawrence, who became known as Lawrence of Arabia.
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