Lytton Strachey; Dora Carrington
9 of 20 portraits of Dora Carrington
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Lytton Strachey; Dora Carrington
by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, 1920s
2 1/8 in. x 3 in. (55 mm x 75 mm) image size
Purchased, 1979
Photographs Collection
NPG Ax24020
Sittersback to top
- Dora Carrington (1893-1932), Artist. Sitter in 20 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 10 portraits.
- (Giles) Lytton Strachey (1880-1932), Critic and biographer; son of Sir Richard Strachey. Sitter in 144 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 5 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Unknown photographer, Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 6582 portraits.
Placesback to top
- Place made: United Kingdom: England, Wiltshire (Ham Spray House near Hungerford, Wiltshire)
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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