Unknown man, formerly known as Hilaire Belloc
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Unknown man, formerly known as Hilaire Belloc
by Unknown artist
oil on millboard, 1920s or 1930s?
15 3/4 in. x 12 in. (400 mm x 305 mm)
Purchased, 1963
Primary Collection
NPG 4341
Sitterback to top
- (Joseph) Hilaire Pierre Belloc (1870-1953), Author and poet. Sitter associated with 17 portraits.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 700
Events of 1920back to top
Current affairs
The Government of Ireland Act (Fourth Home Rule Bill) partitions Ireland into the Irish Free State with a devolved parliament in Dublin and Northern Ireland with a devolved parliament in Belfast.The Communist Party of Great Britain is founded in London, uniting a number of independent socialist and Marxist parties into a single, united party.
Art and science
Queen Alexandra unveils a monument to Edith Cavell in St Martin's Place opposite the National Portrait Gallery. The English nurse was executed in Germany for helping hundreds of allied soldiers to cross the border from occupied Belgium to the neutral Netherlands.George V officially opens the Imperial War Museum at the Crystal Palace.
International
The Kapp Putsch threatens the newly formed Weimar Republic. In defiance of the Treaty of Versailles, the leaders of the Marinebrigade Ehrhardt refused to disband and marched on Berlin, occupying it on the 13th March. With the general army refusing to defend the city, the government fled to Stuttgart. The rebellion, however, failed after the workers joined a general strike, disabling their plans.Comments back to top
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Martin Hopkinson
04 March 2018, 20:53
This is signed top left and a close look at the signature should identify the artist
Martin Hopkinson
05 March 2018, 12:39
This is signed top right and the signature should be decipherable