Cavendish Morton and Concord Morton with their nurse
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Cavendish Morton and Concord Morton with their nurse
by Cavendish Morton
platinum print on photographer's paper mount, 1911
3 1/4 in. x 3 1/4 in. (82 mm x 84 mm) image size
Given by the photographer's son, Cavendish Morton, 1991
Photographs Collection
NPG x128842
Sittersback to top
- Cavendish Morton (1911-2015), Painter and illustrator; son of Cavendish Morton. Sitter in 5 portraits. Identify
- Concord Morton (1911-1979), Painter; son of Cavendish Morton. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
Artistback to top
- Cavendish Morton (1874-1939), Photographer, actor and film director. Artist or producer associated with 115 portraits, Sitter associated with 15 portraits.
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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