Enid Stamp-Taylor; Robin Anne Tortise (née Colton)
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- set matching 'Bassano 1934'
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Enid Stamp-Taylor; Robin Anne Tortise (née Colton)
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, January 1934
7 5/8 in. x 5 1/2 in. (193 mm x 139 mm) image size
Purchased, 1996
Photographs Collection
NPG x85763
Sittersback to top
- Enid Stamp-Taylor (1904-1946), Actress and singer; wife of Sydney Colton. Sitter in 2 portraits.
- Robin Anne Tortise (née Colton) (1933-), Daughter of Enid Stamp-Taylor; wife of Guy William Tortise. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Artistback to top
- Bassano Ltd (active 1901-1962), Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 42746 portraits.
Events of 1934back to top
Current affairs
Sir Stafford Cripps represents the miners of Gresford Colliery in Wrexham at an inquiry into the recent gas explosion and fire which killed 263 miners, and three rescue workers in one of the worst mining disasters in British history.Art and science
Percy Shaw invents 'Cat's eyes'. The development of road reflectors increased safety on the roads at night and proved to be particularly useful during the wartime blackout. They are still used today.Dylan Thomas published his first volume of poetry, 18 Poems.
International
Stalin and Hitler consolidate dictatorial power by 'purging' their opponents. In the Soviet Union, members of the Communist Party and particular sectors of society such as the intelligentsia were targeted in the 'Great Purge', while in Germany Hitler murdered hundreds of potential opponents in the SA during the 'Night of the Long Knives'.Thousands in the USA are forced to flee their homes to escape the Dust Bowl storms.
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Dan Verbeck
08 November 2015, 08:20
Is it of interest to you that sitter Robin Anne Tortise was daughter-in-law of British World War I hero Lt. Col. Herbert James Tortise, O.B.E., D.S.O?