'Lunch party at the House of Commons on the occasion of the presentation of photographs to the "House"'
'Lunch party at the House of Commons on the occasion of the presentation of photographs to the "House"'
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 25 April 1911
6 in. x 7 7/8 in. (153 mm x 201 mm) image size
Given by House of Commons Library, 1974
Photographs Collection
NPG x128579
Artistback to top
- Sir (John) Benjamin Stone (1838-1914), Politician and photographer. Artist or producer associated with 1436 portraits, Sitter in 28 portraits. Identify
Sittersback to top
- James Blyth, 1st Baron Blyth (1841-1925), Agriculturalist and businessman; Patron of numerous public bodies; Advocate of cheap postage. Sitter in 13 portraits. Identify
- William James Downer (1851-1939), Civil servant. Sitter in 4 portraits. Identify
- Mr Emory, Journalist for 'The Times'. Sitter associated with 1 portrait. Identify
- Sir Francis Alexander Newdigate Newdegate (1862-1936), Governor of Tasmania and Western Australia. Sitter in 6 portraits. Identify
- Alfred Young Nutt (1847-1924), Architect. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
- Sir Alfred Farthing Robbins (1856-1931), Journalist and author. Sitter associated with 14 portraits. Identify
- Francis Owen ('Frank') Salisbury (1874-1962), Painter. Sitter in 38 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 18 portraits. Identify
- George Scamell. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Edward John Long Scott (1840-1918), Keeper of Muniments at Westminster Abbey. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Sir James Dods Shaw (1848-1916), Parliamentary reporter, newspaper editor and writer. Sitter in 11 portraits. Identify
- Sir Arthur Herbert Drummond Ramsay Steel-Maitland, 1st Bt (1876-1935), Politician and economist. Sitter in 9 portraits. Identify
- (Frederick) Primrose Stevenson (1867-1935), Political press correspondent. Sitter in 8 portraits.
- Sir (John) Benjamin Stone (1838-1914), Politician and photographer. Sitter in 28 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 1436 portraits. Identify
Placesback to top
- Place made and portrayed: United Kingdom: England, London (Members’ Entrance to Terrace, Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London)
Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top
- Sir Benjamin Stone's Parliamentary Pictures (5 August 2006 - 14 January 2007)
Subjects & Themesback to top
Events of 1911back to top
Current affairs
Asquith's Liberal government introduces the Parliament Act to curb the powers of the House of Lords following the clash between the Commons and Lords over the 1909 People's Budget. The Act removed the Lords' power to veto bills, reduced the length of Parliament from seven to five years, and provided for the payment of MPs.Art and science
Ernest Rutherford discovers the structure of the atom. The New Zealand born physicist working in Manchester showed with his Nuclear Model that electrons orbited a nucleus composed of protons and neutrons. The discovery paved the way for nuclear physics.International
The Polish Chemist, Marie Curie, becomes the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for her discovery in 1898 of the radioactive element, Radon.The Mona Lisa is stolen from the Louvre. The masterpiece was missing for two years, during which time suspicion fell on avant-garde poet Guillaume Apollinaire and his friend Pablo Picasso, before Vincenzo Peruggia, an employee of the Louvre, was arrested in Florence.
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