King Edward VII with officers of the Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars
1 of 26 portraits of Arthur Annesley, 11th Viscount Valentia
King Edward VII with officers of the Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars
by Hills & Saunders
albumen print, 12 May 1897
10 5/8 in. x 14 1/8 in. (270 mm x 358 mm) image size
Purchased, 1903
Photographs Collection
NPG x29589
Artistback to top
- Hills & Saunders (active 1850-1900), Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 206 portraits.
Sittersback to top
- Cecil William Boyle (1853-1900), Lieutenant in the Oxfordshire Hussars, cricketer and rugby player. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Arthur Dugdale (1869-1941), Colonel. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- King Edward VII (1841-1910), Reigned 1901-10. Sitter associated with 505 portraits. Identify
- A.N. Hall, Lieutenant, Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- William Dalziel Mackenzie (1840-1928), Lieutenant-Colonel; Barrister. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Charles Richard John Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough (1871-1934), Under-Secretary for the Colonies. Sitter in 10 portraits.
- J.F. Mason (active 1897), Captain, Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- H.C. Norris (active 1897), Colonel, Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- (Arthur) George Villiers Peel (1868-1956), Author and Captain of the Oxfordshire Hussars. Sitter in 3 portraits.
- Sir Algernon Francis Peyton, 6th Bt (1855-1916), Landowner and soldier. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- H.P. Symonds, Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel, Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Sir Eustace Edward Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 1st Bt (1864-1943), Soldier, politician and colonial administrator. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Arthur Annesley, 11th Viscount Valentia (1843-1927), Soldier, politician and landowner. Sitter in 26 portraits.
- Robert Trotter Hermon-Hodge, 1st Baron Wyfold (1851-1937), Politician and Captain of the Oxfordshire Hussars. Sitter in 8 portraits.
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.Comments back to top
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