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Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson

by Lizzie Caswall Smith, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1900s
5 3/8 in. x 3 1/2 in. (136 mm x 88 mm) overall
Given by Terence Pepper, 2014
Photographs Collection
NPG x197622

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Current affairs

The Conservatives return to power, after the Prime Minister Lord Salisbury calls a general election, known as the 'Khaki election', on the back of huge jingoistic support for the Boer War.
The Labour Representation Committee (LRC) is founded from a coalition of socialist groups; they win two seats in the 1900 election and Ramsay Macdonald is appointed secretary. The Labour politician Keir Hardie is also returned to Parliament for Merthyr Tydfilin Wales.

Art and science

German physicist Max Planck proposes the concept of the quantum theory. Sigmund Freud's The Interpretation of Dreams is published. In the text, Freud outlines his theory of dream analysis, crucial to the study of the unconscious, and introduces key concepts in psychoanalysis, such as the Ego.
The Paris International Exhibition, attended by more than 50 million people and including over 76,000 exhibitors, marks the heyday of Art Nouveau.

International

In China the Boxer rebellion takes place. The Boxers were anti-imperialist and against foreign influence in trade, religion, politics and technology in the final years of the Manchu rule. The Boxers invade Beijing, killing 230 foreigners and Chinese Christians. The rebellion is suppressed by a multinational coalition of 20,000 troops, with China being forced to pay large war reparations, contributing to growing nationalist resentment against the Qing dynasty.

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Mark Johnston

28 September 2020, 22:03

This photograph appears in several contemporary publications as taken by the photographer John Caswall Smith, the brother of Lizzie Caswall Smith. See for example "The Art Journal", 1899, p 215. Probate documents show that when John Caswall Smith died in February 1902, his estate went to his sister, including, presumably, the rights to his pictures. When postcards of this and some other photographs by her brother were published after his death, her name appeared on them, probably because she wanted to retain the rights to them, rather than because she wanted to assume credit for having taken them. There is evidence to suggest that she and her brother collaborated on some portraits, but to what degree seems presently unclear.