Jacob Epstein
1 portrait of Jacob Epstein
© 2022 E.O. Hoppé Estate Collection / Curatorial Inc.
Jacob Epstein
by E.O. Hoppé
modern print on sepia-toned Veribrom paper, 1911
10 in. x 7 in. (254 mm x 178 mm) overall
Given by The Mansell Collection Ltd, 1978
Photographs Collection
NPG x132916
Sitterback to top
- Sir Jacob Epstein (1880-1959), Sculptor. Sitter in 71 portraits, Artist or producer of 15 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Emil Otto ('E.O.') Hoppé (1878-1972), Photographer and writer. Artist or producer associated with 196 portraits, Sitter in 2 portraits.
Events of 1911back to top
Current affairs
Asquith's Liberal government introduces the Parliament Act to curb the powers of the House of Lords following the clash between the Commons and Lords over the 1909 People's Budget. The Act removed the Lords' power to veto bills, reduced the length of Parliament from seven to five years, and provided for the payment of MPs.Art and science
Ernest Rutherford discovers the structure of the atom. The New Zealand born physicist working in Manchester showed with his Nuclear Model that electrons orbited a nucleus composed of protons and neutrons. The discovery paved the way for nuclear physics.International
The Polish Chemist, Marie Curie, becomes the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for her discovery in 1898 of the radioactive element, Radon.The Mona Lisa is stolen from the Louvre. The masterpiece was missing for two years, during which time suspicion fell on avant-garde poet Guillaume Apollinaire and his friend Pablo Picasso, before Vincenzo Peruggia, an employee of the Louvre, was arrested in Florence.
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great-british
09 September 2019, 15:16
Shows Epstein standing in front of his Oscar Wilde tomb, destined for Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris.