Colin de la Mare, Siegfried Sassoon; Frank James Prewett
1 portrait of Siegfried Sassoon
Colin de la Mare, Siegfried Sassoon; Frank James Prewett
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1922
2 7/8 in. x 2 3/8 in. (72 mm x 60 mm) image size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Dame Helen Gardner Bequest, 2003
Photographs Collection
NPG Ax141381
Sittersback to top
- Colin de la Mare (1906-1983), Writer; son of Walter de la Mare. Sitter associated with 7 portraits. Identify
- Frank James Prewett (1893-1962), Poet. Sitter associated with 21 portraits. Identify
- Siegfried Loraine Sassoon (1886-1967), Poet and prose writer. Sitter in 86 portraits. Identify
Artistback to top
- Lady Ottoline Morrell (1873-1938), Patron of the arts; half-sister of 6th Duke of Portland; wife of Philip Edward Morrell. Artist or producer associated with 1716 portraits, Sitter associated with 600 portraits.
Placesback to top
- Place made and portrayed: United Kingdom: England, Oxfordshire (Garsington Manor, Oxfordshire)
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Events of 1922back to top
Current affairs
The British Broadcasting Company (later British Broadcasting Corporation) is established to experiment with radio broadcasting. It is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world, providing radio, television and Internet services to the public in Britain and across the world.Art and science
1922 is a key year for modernist literature with the publication of James Joyce's novel, Ulysses and T.S. Eliot's poem, The Waste Land. Both broke new ground with Ulysses (loosely based on Homer's Odyssey) introducing the 'stream of consciousness' narrative technique, and The Waste Land experimenting with multiple voices and a patchwork of literary, historic, mythological and personal allusions.International
The Soviet Union is formed under Joseph Stalin who takes power after Lenin suffers a debilitating stroke.In an attempt to avoid civil war, King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy invites Benito Mussolini to form a new government following the Fascist Party's March on Rome.
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