John Arbuthnot Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher
1 portrait by Sir Hubert von Herkomer
© National Portrait Gallery, London
John Arbuthnot Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher
by Sir Hubert von Herkomer
oil on canvas, 1911
68 in. x 47 in. (1727 mm x 1194 mm)
Given by the sitter's son, through the Art Fund, Cecil Vavasseur Fisher, 2nd Baron Fisher, 1936
Primary Collection
NPG 2805
Sitterback to top
- John Arbuthnot Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher (1841-1920), Admiral. Sitter in 17 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Sir Hubert von Herkomer (1849-1914), Painter and illustrator. Artist or producer associated with 53 portraits, Sitter in 11 portraits.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 218
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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