Clare Meriel Chichester (née Wingfield), Lady Templemore
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Clare Meriel Chichester (née Wingfield), Lady Templemore
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 14 March 1929
Given by Bassano & Vandyk Studios, 1974
Photographs Collection
NPG x124467
Sitterback to top
- Clare Meriel Chichester (née Wingfield), Lady Templemore (1886-1969), Daughter of 7th Viscount Powerscourt; wife of 4th Baron Templemore. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Bassano Ltd (active 1901-1962), Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 42746 portraits.
Placesback to top
- Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (photographer's studio, 38 Dover Street, London)
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Events of 1929back to top
Current affairs
The first election held under universal suffrage is a victory for Labour. Ramsay Macdonald returned for his second term as Prime Minster, and appointed Margaret Grace Bondfield as the first woman Cabinet Minister.Art and science
Two classic books about the First World War are published: All Quiet on the Western Front, by war veteran, Erich Maria Remarque, tells of the horrors of war and the returning German soldiers' feelings of detachment from civilian life; while Robert Grave's autobiography Goodbye to All That, aimed to describe the author's experiences of the war so that they 'need never be thought about again'.International
The 24th October 1929 becomes known as Black Thursday when the US Stock Exchange Collapses and millions are lost. The event was the start of the Wall Street Crash, which in turn contributed towards the Great Depression: a major international recession that lasted through most of the 1930s.Comments back to top
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