Adolph Bolm as the Prince in 'Thamar'
© 2022 E.O. Hoppé Estate Collection / Curatorial Inc.
Adolph Bolm as the Prince in 'Thamar'
by E.O. Hoppé
photogravure, 1912
7 5/8 in. x 5 3/4 in. (194 mm x 146 mm) image size
Given by Terence Pepper, 2010
Photographs Collection
NPG x134197
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- Emil Otto ('E.O.') Hoppé (1878-1972), Photographer and writer. Artist or producer associated with 196 portraits, Sitter in 2 portraits.
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Thamar was the last of six orientally-inspired ballets performed by Diaghilev's company between 1909 and 1912. Choreographed by Michel Fokine, it was first staged by the Ballets Russes at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris on 20 May 1912. The ballet was set to a symphonic poem by composer, Mily Balakirev, based on the literary work by Mikhail Lermontov.
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Current affairs
The Royal Flying Corps is established. During the Great War, planes and balloons were used mainly for reconnaissance and observation before technological advances made them fast enough and manoeuvrable enough to attack enemy positions and fight in the air. Arthur (Bomber) Harris won distinction as a pilot destroying five enemy aircraft in the war. In the Second World War he became Marshal of the Royal Air Force.Art and science
George Bernard Shaw writes Pygmalion.Charles Babbage's invents the Analytic Machine. Considered to be the forerunner to the modern computer, the machine was able to make automatic mathematical calculations.
International
Scott leads the British Expedition to the South Pole reaching it in January 1912 only to discover that the rival Norwegian party had beaten them by a month. All members of Scott's team perished on the return journey. Captain Oates' famous last words were immortalised in Scott's diary: 'I am just going outside and may be some time.'The 'unsinkable' Titanic strikes an iceberg and goes down on its maiden journey between Southampton and New York.
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