Rose Pepys (née Nevill), Countess of Cottenham as Duchesse de Villars from the time of Louis XV







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Rose Pepys (née Nevill), Countess of Cottenham as Duchesse de Villars from the time of Louis XV
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 3 August 1897; published 1899
6 7/8 in. x 5 in. (176 mm x 126 mm) image size
Purchased, 1975
Photographs Collection
NPG Ax41264
Sitterback to top
- Rose Pepys (née Nevill), Countess of Cottenham (1866-1913), Former wife of John Blundell Leigh, and later wife of 4th Earl of Cottenham; daughter of 1st Marquess of Abergavenny. Sitter in 8 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Lafayette (Lafayette Ltd) (founded 1880), Photographers. Artist associated with 6908 portraits.
- Walker & Boutall, Photographers. Artist associated with 321 portraits.
Placesback to top
- Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (photographer's studio, 179, New Bond Street, London)
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Events of 1897back to top
Current affairs
Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee is marked by a series of celebratory events, and attended by eleven colonial prime ministers following the Colonial Secretary Joseph Chamberlain's proposal that the Jubilee be made a festival of the British Empire.The Workmen's Compensation Act gives workmen a right to a limited compensation in every case of injury by accident arising from the course of employment; it is a landmark piece of legislation in employment law.
Art and science
Bram Stoker's Dracula is first published.Henry Tate of the Tate and Lyle sugar company donates his art collection to the nation, buying land and building a gallery space for it (now Tate Britain).
Physician and psychologist Havelock Ellis publishes the first volume of his Studies in the Psychology of Sex, and the English physicist John Thompson discovers the existence of the electron.
International
The burning of Benin city by Britain takes place, known also as the Punitive Exhibition of 1897. The excursion, led by Admiral Sir Harry Rawson, was a response to an attack by Benin warriors on a British delegation sent to settle a dispute over customs duties collected by British traders. During the expedition the British Admiralty destroyed much of the city's treasured art, including the Benin Bronzes, auctioning off the rest as war booty to recoup costs.Tell us more back to top
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