Group including Leopold Slennett Amery; John Rushworth Jellicoe; Edward Henry Carson, 1st Baron Carson; Edward George Villiers Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby; Sir Frederick Barton Maurice and David Lloyd George
26 of 31 portraits of Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood
Group including Leopold Slennett Amery; John Rushworth Jellicoe; Edward Henry Carson, 1st Baron Carson; Edward George Villiers Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby; Sir Frederick Barton Maurice and David Lloyd George
by James Russell & Sons
bromide print, May 1917
17 3/8in. x 23 5/8in. (440 mm x 601 mm)
Photographs Collection
NPG x32129
Artistback to top
- James Russell & Sons (active 1850s-1940s), Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 692 portraits.
Sittersback to top
- Leopold Stennett Amery (1873-1955), Politician; Secretary of State for India and writer. Sitter in 29 portraits.
- Sir Frederick William Borden (1847-1917). Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Edward Henry Carson, 1st Baron Carson (1854-1935), Ulster leader and advocate. Sitter in 20 portraits.
- Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood (1864-1958), Statesman; a creator of the League of Nations. Sitter in 31 portraits.
- Sir (Joseph) Austen Chamberlain (1863-1937), Politician; recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize; son of Joseph Chamberlain. Sitter in 55 portraits.
- George Nathaniel Curzon, Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (1859-1925), Politician, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, traveller and viceroy of India. Sitter associated with 35 portraits.
- Edward George Villiers Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby (1865-1948), Politician, Secretary of State for War and British Ambassador to France, racehorse owner and soldier. Sitter in 45 portraits.
- Ganga Singh, Maharaja of Bikaner (1880-1943), Indian Ruler and General. Sitter in 11 portraits.
- Maurice Pascal Alers Hankey, 1st Baron Hankey (1877-1963), Civil servant. Sitter in 32 portraits.
- Sir (John) Douglas Hazen (1860-1937), Barrister and member of the Canadian Parliament. Sitter in 5 portraits.
- Arthur Henderson (1863-1935), Politician, leader of the Labour Party, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and iron moulder. Sitter associated with 15 portraits.
- John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe (1859-1935), Admiral. Sitter in 19 portraits.
- Sir Henry Charles Miller Lambert (1868-1935), Senior Crown Agent for the Colonies. Sitter in 13 portraits.
- Andrew Bonar Law (1858-1923), Prime Minister and businessman. Sitter in 27 portraits.
- David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George (1863-1945), Prime Minister. Sitter associated with 134 portraits.
- Walter Hume Long, 1st Viscount Long of Wraxall (1854-1924), Politician; Secretary of State for the Colonies and First Lord of the Admiralty. Sitter in 27 portraits.
- William Ferguson Massey (1856-1925), Prime Minister of New Zealand; plenipotentiary at the 1919 Peace Conference. Sitter in 15 portraits.
- Sir Frederick Barton Maurice (1871-1951), Major-General; military correspondent. Sitter in 8 portraits.
- James Scorgie Meston, 1st Baron Meston (1865-1943), Indian civil servant and man of affairs. Sitter in 7 portraits.
- Alfred Milner, Viscount Milner (1854-1925), Public servant and politician, High Commissioner for South Africa. Sitter in 26 portraits.
- Sir George Halsey Perley (1857-1938), Secretary of State of Canada. Sitter in 7 portraits.
- Hon. Robert Rogers (1864-1936), Canadian minister. Sitter in 7 portraits.
- Satyendra Prasanno Sinha, 1st Baron Sinha of Raipur (1863-1928), Indian statesman. Sitter in 15 portraits.
- Jan Christian Smuts (1870-1950), Prime Minister of South Africa, Field Marshal and writer on evolution. Sitter in 41 portraits.
- Lancelot Storr (1874-1944), Lieutenant-Colonel; Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet. Sitter in 7 portraits.
- Sir Joseph George Ward, 1st Bt (1856-1930), Prime Minister of New Zealand and entrepreneur. Sitter in 19 portraits.
Events of 1917back to top
Current affairs
King George V changes his name from 'Saxe-Coburg' to 'Windsor.' Amid wartime anti-German public sentiment the British Royal Family decided to relinquish their German name and titles. The name 'Windsor' was chosen as variation on ''Wettin', the late Prince Albert's personal surname.Art and science
The National Photographic Record is established at the instigation of the photographer Walter Stoneman to commission photographs of 'distinguished living contemporaries of British nationality.' This project allowed the National Portrait Gallery to circumvent its own rule that portraits could not enter the collection until the sitter had been dead ten years.International
The Russian Revolution begins with the February Revolution and the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II. Seven months later the Bolsheviks led by Vladimir Lenin seize power in the October Revolution forming the Soviet Communist Government, which lasted until 1991. The USA abandons its neutrality and joins the war against Germany following a series of attacks on American passenger and merchant ships.Comments back to top
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