William Hayman Cummings
© National Portrait Gallery, London
William Hayman Cummings
by Frederic G. Hodsoll
bromide print, 1904
10 1/2in. x 8 5/8in. (265 mm x 218 mm)
Purchased, 1983
Photographs Collection
NPG Ax25170
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- William Hayman Cummings (1831-1915), Singer and musical antiquary; Principal of the Guildhall School of Music. Sitter in 4 portraits.
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Events of 1904back to top
Current affairs
Britain and France sign the Entente Cordiale, an agreement which resolves a number of longstanding colonial disputes (including a Declaration respecting Egypt and Morocco), signalling growing anxiety about the risk of future German aggression. Although not militarily binding, the agreement, negotiated between French foreign minister Théophile Delcassé, and Lord Lansdowne, the British Foreign Secretary, establishes a diplomatic understanding between the two countries.Art and science
J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan is first performed at the Duke of York's Theatre in London. Charting the fantastical adventures of Peter, 'the boy who never grew up', the Darling children and the villainous Captain Hook in Neverland, many adaptations have been made of the story.The painter Gwen John settles in Paris, where she becomes the lover and model of the sculptor Auguste Rodin, modelling for his sculpture Muse.
International
Japan attacks the Russian Navy at Port Arthur, sparking the Russo-Japanese war. Hostility was prompted by the rival imperialist ambitions of the Russian and Japanese empires in Manchuria, North East China, and Korea, considered by Japan to be an essential buffer against colonisation by Western Powers. Japan wins a series of victories against Russia which transforms the balance of power in East Asia, and undermines the Tsar's rule in Russia.Comments back to top
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Virginia Dodier
07 August 2018, 02:07
Published (uncredited) in The Tatler, 24 Feb 1904, p. 311.
Virginia Dodier
07 August 2018, 17:21
Published (uncredited) in The Tatler, 24 Feb 1904, p. 311.