Ena, Queen of Spain with Infantas Beatriz and María Cristina and Infante Alfonso
7 of 35 portraits by Frank Arthur Swaine
Ena, Queen of Spain with Infantas Beatriz and María Cristina and Infante Alfonso
by Frank Arthur Swaine, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1911
4 3/4 in. x 3 1/8 in. (122 mm x 80 mm) image size
Purchased, 1970
Photographs Collection
NPG x74460
Sittersback to top
- Alfonso, Prince of Asturias (1907-1938), Count of Covadonga; son of Alfonso XIII. Sitter in 7 portraits. Identify
- Infanta Beatriz de Borbón y Battenberg (1909-2002), Daughter of Alfonso XIII, King of Spain; wife of Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince of Civitella-Cesi. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Victoria Eugenie ('Ena') of Battenberg, Queen of Spain (1887-1969), Queen consort to Alfonso XIII of Spain; granddaughter of Queen Victoria. Sitter in 58 portraits. Identify
- 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. Identify
Artistsback to top
- Rotary Photographic Co Ltd (active 1897-1916), Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 1423 portraits.
- Frank Arthur Swaine (died 1952), Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 35 portraits.
Placesback to top
- Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (photographer's studio, 106 New Bond Street, London)
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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