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Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, 2nd Bt
5 of 32 portraits of Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, 2nd Bt
© National Portrait Gallery, London
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Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, 2nd Bt
by William Strang
pencil, 1908
16 1/8 in. x 11 3/4 in. (410 mm x 298 mm)
Bequeathed by the sitter's niece, Gertrude Mary Tuckwell, 1952
Primary Collection
NPG 3819
Sitterback to top
- Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, 2nd Bt (1843-1911), Politician and writer; MP for Forest of Dean and Chelsea. Sitter in 32 portraits.
Artistback to top
- William Strang (1859-1921), Painter and etcher. Artist or producer associated with 67 portraits, Sitter in 11 portraits.
This portraitback to top
Strang's drawing was made as Dilke's Grillion's Club portrait, fulfilling a tradition of the club that each member should have their likeness made. Strang wrote to Dilke in July 1907 saying that 'there is no one I am more anxious to do successfully than yourself' but the sitting for this drawing had to wait until March 1908.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 179
Events of 1908back to top
Current affairs
Henry Asquith replaces Henry Campbell-Bannerman as Liberal leader and Prime Minister, with David Lloyd George taking control of the Exchequer. Asquith and Lloyd George embark on a bold programme of social reform, laying the foundations of the Welfare State, introducing government pensions this year and later a system of National Insurance.The first aeroplane for the British army is built by the American, Samuel Cody.
Art and science
E.M. Forster's novel A Room with a View is published, following the experiences of a young woman, Lucy Honeychurch, in the repressed culture of Edwardian England.The French art critic Louis Vauxcelles first uses the term 'cubism' to refer to a landscape painting by Georges Braque.
International
King Carlos of Portugal and his heir, Prince Luis Filipe, are killed by assassins from the Republican trying to provoke a revolution. Carlos I, unpopular because of his extravagant lifestyle and extramarital affairs, was succeeded by his younger son, Manuel, the last monarch of the Braganza dynasty.Following the death of the Guangxu Emperor in China, his two year old nephew replaces him, becoming the the last Manchu emperor of China.
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