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Delia Mason

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Delia Mason

by Bassano Ltd, published by Davidson Brothers
postcard print, 1900s
4 7/8in. x 3 1/8in. (124 mm x 80 mm) image size
Given by R.L. Fletcher, 1994
Photographs Collection
NPG Ax45885

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  • Bassano Ltd (active 1901-1962), Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 42746 portraits.
  • Davidson Brothers, Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 232 portraits.

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Current affairs

The Conservatives return to power, after the Prime Minister Lord Salisbury calls a general election, known as the 'Khaki election', on the back of huge jingoistic support for the Boer War.
The Labour Representation Committee (LRC) is founded from a coalition of socialist groups; they win two seats in the 1900 election and Ramsay Macdonald is appointed secretary. The Labour politician Keir Hardie is also returned to Parliament for Merthyr Tydfilin Wales.

Art and science

German physicist Max Planck proposes the concept of the quantum theory. Sigmund Freud's The Interpretation of Dreams is published. In the text, Freud outlines his theory of dream analysis, crucial to the study of the unconscious, and introduces key concepts in psychoanalysis, such as the Ego.
The Paris International Exhibition, attended by more than 50 million people and including over 76,000 exhibitors, marks the heyday of Art Nouveau.

International

In China the Boxer rebellion takes place. The Boxers were anti-imperialist and against foreign influence in trade, religion, politics and technology in the final years of the Manchu rule. The Boxers invade Beijing, killing 230 foreigners and Chinese Christians. The rebellion is suppressed by a multinational coalition of 20,000 troops, with China being forced to pay large war reparations, contributing to growing nationalist resentment against the Qing dynasty.

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John Culme

07 January 2018, 06:51

This postcard photograph shows Delia Mason as she appeared as Edna Branscombe in Three Little Maids, a role she was given after its transfer to the Prince of Wales's Theatre, London on 18 September 1902. (Three Little Maids began its run at the Apollo Theatre, London on 10 May 1902 when the part of Edna Branscombe was created by Edna May.) The London run of Three Little Maids ended on 25 April 1903, following which some of the company, including Delia Mason, travelled to New York (aboard the S.S. Teutonic, sailing from Liverpool on 19 August 1903) to open at Daly's Theatre on 1 September 1903, when she again played Edna Branscombe in Three Little Maids.

This also applies to NPG Ax136831, negative nos. 5130, 5131 and 5132