James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce
5 of 15 portraits of James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce
© National Portrait Gallery, London
James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce
by Harold Wright ('Stuff')
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour, 1893
14 1/2 in. x 9 1/8 in. (368 mm x 233 mm) uneven
Purchased with funding from the Elizabeth Weisz Fund, 2006
Primary Collection
NPG 6749
Sitterback to top
- James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce (1838-1922), Jurist, historian and Liberal politician; MP for Tower Hamlets and Aberdeen South. Sitter in 15 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Harold Wright ('Stuff') (1858-1908), Stipendiary magistrate for the Potteries and cartoonist in Vanity Fair. Artist or producer associated with 33 portraits.
This portraitback to top
This caricature was published in 1893 in the magazine, Vanity Fair, where the enthusiasm of the politician, James Bryce, for climbing mountains was described: 'When on an expedition he glories in loose attire, and he takes healthy delight in allowing snow and wind to play about his uncovered head… He is also the proud owner of a white felt hat that has seen very many years of service'.
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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