1 OF 4

Alfred Chichele Plowden

1 of 4 portraits of Alfred Chichele Plowden

by Arthur George Witherby ('Wag')
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 11 April 1901
12 7/8 in. x 8 1/8 in. (327 mm x 206 mm)
Purchased, 1938
Primary Collection
NPG 2993

Sitterback to top

Alfred Chichele Plowden (1844-1914), Magistrate. Sitter in 4 portraits.

Artistback to top

Arthur George Witherby ('Wag') (1856-1937), Cartoonist and co-owner of Vanity Fair. Artist of 9 portraits.

Linked publicationsback to top

Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 497

Portrait setback to top

Vanity Fair cartoons: drawings by various artists, 1869-1910

Subjects & Themesback to top

Events of 1901back to top

Current affairs

Queen Victoria dies on 23 January. She is succeeded to the throne by her son, Prince Edward, aged 60, who reigned until his death in 1910. The census results of this year show the huge changes that took place in Britain during her reign, revealing that the population of Britain had doubled in the past 50 years, to 38 million.

Art and science

The start of Pablo Picasso's Blue Period, in which he produces a series of paintings dominated by the colour blue and melancholic mood. Significantly, the period marks the transition in Picasso's style from classicism to abstract art.
Beatrix Potter privately publishes The Tale of Peter Rabbit after it is rejected by six publishers.

International

The six colonies of Australia become a federation, forming the Commonwealth of Australia. Australia remains a Commonwealth Realm. This year Australia also passes the Immigration Restriction Act, which limits immigration to Australia and forms the basis of the White Australia policy, a collection of historical legislation and policies designed to restrict non-white immigration to Australia between 1830-1973, although reforms against the policy were introduced in the 1940s.

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