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Arnold Bennett
24 of 33 portraits of Arnold Bennett
© estate of Richard George Mathews / National Portrait Gallery, London
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Arnold Bennett
by Richard George Mathews
drypoint etching, circa 1920
7 1/8 in. x 4 3/8 in. (180 mm x 112 mm) plate size; 9 5/8 in. x 6 1/2 in. (244 mm x 165 mm) paper size
Purchased, 2005
Reference Collection
NPG D21218
Artistback to top
- Richard George Mathews (1870-1955), Artist. Artist or producer associated with 11 portraits.
Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top
- Edwardian Stage and Society: Sketches by R. G Mathews (2 September 2008 - 22 March 2009)
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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