'Henry M. Stanley and party at Monterey'
'Henry M. Stanley and party at Monterey'
by Isaiah West Taber
albumen panel card, 19 March 1891
7 5/8 in. x 9 1/2 in. (194 mm x 240 mm) image size
Purchased, 1991
Photographs Collection
NPG Ax68648
Sittersback to top
- James B. Pond (1838-1903), Major and journalist. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Dorothy (née Tennant), Lady Stanley (1855-1926), Artist; wife of Sir Henry Morton Stanley; daughter of Charles Tennant; sister of Eveleen Myers. Sitter in 18 portraits. Identify
- Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904), Explorer and journalist. Sitter in 41 portraits. Identify
- Gertrude Barbara Rich Tennant (née Collier) (1819-1918), Society and political hostess. Sitter in 6 portraits. Identify
Artistback to top
- Isaiah West Taber (1830-1912), Photographer and publisher. Artist or producer of 6 portraits.
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Events of 1891back to top
Current affairs
The Irish Nationalist leader Charles Parnell is forced to resign after being named in the divorce proceedings brought by William O'Shea against his wife Kitty, who had been Parnell's mistress for a decade. The scandal severely damages the campaign for the Home Rule Bill, contributing greatly to its subsequent failure. Parnell's health also suffered; he contracted rheumatic fever and died a few months after resigning.Art and science
Thomas Hardy's publishes Tess of the D'Urbervilles, a tragedy which explores the consequences of the young Tess's seduction by the wealthy Alec D'Urberville. In the novel, Hardy sets forward his major concerns about the individual's powerlessness before fate, whilst radically critiquing the hypocritical double standards of contemporary morals.International
The construction of Trans-Siberian railway, the longest single rail system in Russia, begins in the Urals and at Vladivostock. Running between Moscow and Vladivostock, work was completed in 1917.The German aviation pioneer Otto Lilenthal takes off in the first glider from a hill near Potsdam, the first of many guided flights and an important step in the development of aerial technology.
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