The Minister for War' (Richard Burdon Haldane, Viscount Haldane; Lady Ottoline Morrell
8 of 40 portraits of Richard Burdon Haldane, Viscount Haldane
© National Portrait Gallery, London
The Minister for War' (Richard Burdon Haldane, Viscount Haldane; Lady Ottoline Morrell
by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, July 1909
2 in. x 3 1/8 in. (50 mm x 80 mm) image size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Dame Helen Gardner Bequest, 2003
Photographs Collection
NPG Ax140126
Sittersback to top
- Richard Burdon Haldane, Viscount Haldane (1856-1928), Statesman, lawyer and philosopher. Sitter in 40 portraits.
- Lady Ottoline Morrell (1873-1938), Patron of the arts; half-sister of 6th Duke of Portland; wife of Philip Edward Morrell. Sitter associated with 600 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 1716 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Unknown photographer, Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 6582 portraits.
Placesback to top
- Place made and portrayed: United Kingdom: England, Somerset (The Manor House, Mells, Somerset)
Subjects & Themesback to top
Events of 1909back to top
Current affairs
The American retailer Harry Gordon Selfridge opens the first British custom-built department store on what was then the 'dead end' of Oxford Street. The revolutionary complex, considered the world's largest at the time, transforms shopping, offering diverse amenities including a post office and a library, and modernises the visual face of retailing through innovative window displays.Art and science
The Frenchman Louis Bleriot becomes the first person to cross the English channel by aeroplane, winning the £1,000 prize offered by the Daily Mail, and greeted by cheering crowds at Dover station. Bleriot's flight also showed that England was, as H.G. Wells put it, from a military point of view 'no longer an inaccessible island'.In dance, Alexandre Benois becomes the first artistic director of Sergey Diaghilev's innovative Ballets Russes.
International
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), is founded in America to campaign for the rights of African Americans. One of the oldest and most influential civil rights movements, it was founded by a diverse group of individuals from mixed backgrounds, including W.E.B. Du Bois, Ida Wells-Barnett, Henry Moscowitz and William English Walling.The Selig Polyscope company sets up the first film studio in Los Angeles.
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