Kathleen Ward; Petica Jones; Evelyn Harter; Reginald Cecil Powys-Lybbe; Richard Powys-Lybbe; Lilian Powys-Lybbe (née Trotter); Evelyn Trotter; Mary Trotter; Edith Trotter; Rachel Dickinsen; Nancy Dewar
11 of 13 portraits by Walton Adams
Kathleen Ward; Petica Jones; Evelyn Harter; Reginald Cecil Powys-Lybbe; Richard Powys-Lybbe; Lilian Powys-Lybbe (née Trotter); Evelyn Trotter; Mary Trotter; Edith Trotter; Rachel Dickinsen; Nancy Dewar
by Walton Adams
platinum print, 5 May 1908
7 5/8in. x 10 3/4in. (194 mm x 273 mm)
Given by Ursula Powys-Lybbe, 1977
Photographs Collection
NPG x45065
Artistback to top
- (Arthur) Walton Adams (1842-1934), Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 13 portraits, Sitter in 3 portraits.
Sittersback to top
- Nancy Dewar. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Rachel Dickinsen. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Evelyn Harter. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Petica Jones. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Lilian Powys-Lybbe (née Trotter) (circa 1887-1951), Wife of Reginald Powys-Lybbe; daughter of Canon Trotter. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
- Reginald Cecil Powys-Lybbe (circa 1881-1930), Son of William Reginald Powys-Lybbe of Oxon. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
- Richard Powys-Lybbe. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Edith Trotter. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Evelyn Trotter. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Mary Trotter. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Kathleen Ward. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Placesback to top
- Place made: United Kingdom: England, Oxfordshire (St Mary's Church, Whitchurch, Oxfordshire)
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Events of 1908back to top
Current affairs
Henry Asquith replaces Henry Campbell-Bannerman as Liberal leader and Prime Minister, with David Lloyd George taking control of the Exchequer. Asquith and Lloyd George embark on a bold programme of social reform, laying the foundations of the Welfare State, introducing government pensions this year and later a system of National Insurance.The first aeroplane for the British army is built by the American, Samuel Cody.
Art and science
E.M. Forster's novel A Room with a View is published, following the experiences of a young woman, Lucy Honeychurch, in the repressed culture of Edwardian England.The French art critic Louis Vauxcelles first uses the term 'cubism' to refer to a landscape painting by Georges Braque.
International
King Carlos of Portugal and his heir, Prince Luis Filipe, are killed by assassins from the Republican trying to provoke a revolution. Carlos I, unpopular because of his extravagant lifestyle and extramarital affairs, was succeeded by his younger son, Manuel, the last monarch of the Braganza dynasty.Following the death of the Guangxu Emperor in China, his two year old nephew replaces him, becoming the the last Manchu emperor of China.
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