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Infanta María Cristina de Borbón y Battenberg, Countess of Marone

2 of 3 portraits of Infanta María Cristina de Borbón y Battenberg, Countess of Marone

by Frank Arthur Swaine, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1912
4 7/8 in. x 3 1/4 in. (124 mm x 81 mm) image size
Purchased, 1970
Photographs Collection
NPG x74472

Sitterback to top

Infanta María Cristina de Borbón y Battenberg, Countess of Marone (1911-1996), Daughter of Alfonso XIII, King of Spain and second wife of 1st Count of Marone. Sitter in 3 portraits.

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Rotary Photographic Co Ltd (active 1897-1916), Photographers. Artist associated with 1422 portraits.
Frank Arthur Swaine (died 1952), Photographer. Artist associated with 35 portraits.

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Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (photographer's studio, 106 New Bond Street, London)

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Events of 1912back to top

Current affairs

The Royal Flying Corps is established. During the Great War, planes and balloons were used mainly for reconnaissance and observation before technological advances made them fast enough and manoeuvrable enough to attack enemy positions and fight in the air. Arthur (Bomber) Harris won distinction as a pilot destroying five enemy aircraft in the war. In the Second World War he became Marshal of the Royal Air Force.

Art and science

George Bernard Shaw writes Pygmalion.
Charles Babbage's invents the Analytic Machine. Considered to be the forerunner to the modern computer, the machine was able to make automatic mathematical calculations.

International

Scott leads the British Expedition to the South Pole reaching it in January 1912 only to discover that the rival Norwegian party had beaten them by a month. All members of Scott's team perished on the return journey. Captain Oates' famous last words were immortalised in Scott's diary: 'I am just going outside and may be some time.'
The 'unsinkable' Titanic strikes an iceberg and goes down on its maiden journey between Southampton and New York.

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