John Gott







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John Gott
by Samuel Alexander Walker, printed by Waterlow & Sons Ltd
carbon print, published July 1889
10 1/2 in. x 7 1/8 in. (266 mm x 182 mm) image size
Purchased, 1972
Photographs Collection
NPG Ax38333
Sitterback to top
- John Gott (1830-1906), Bishop of Truro and Founder of Leeds Clergy School. Sitter in 3 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Samuel Alexander Walker (1841-1922), Photographer; son of William Walker. Artist associated with 200 portraits.
- Waterlow & Sons Ltd, Printers. Artist associated with 48 portraits.
Placesback to top
- Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (photographer's studio, 230 Regent Street, London)
Portrait setback to top
Events of 1889back to top
Current affairs
The London Dock strike takes place resulting in a victory for the dock workers striking over pay and conditions.Prevention of Cruelty to Children Act, allowing legal intervention between children and parents for the first time.
Charles Booth, the English social scientist, publishes the first volume of Life and Labour of the People, an extensive survey into the living conditions of London's East End working class communities.
Art and science
George Gissing's The Nether World, a dark account of the lives of the urban poor in Clerkenwell, is published. Gissing absorbs the French naturalist style of writers such as Emile Zola to produce a harshly realistic observation of life in London at the end of the nineteenth century.International
The Eiffel Tower is erected, designed by the French engineer and bridge builder Alexandre Gustave Eiffel for the Paris Exposition. At 300m high, it was the tallest manmade structure in the world at the time.The Second International organisation is formed at a Congress in Paris by various socialist and labour parties, with the intention of working together for international socialism. It also declared 1 May International Labour Day.
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