(Lloyd) Logan Pearsall Smith; Mary Berenson (née Smith); Sir Desmond MacCarthy
25 of 25 portraits of (Lloyd) Logan Pearsall Smith
(Lloyd) Logan Pearsall Smith; Mary Berenson (née Smith); Sir Desmond MacCarthy
by Unknown photographer
bromide copy print, 1932
6 5/8 in. x 4 1/4 in. (169 mm x 107 mm) overall
Given by Barbara Strachey (Hultin, later Halpern), 1999
Photographs Collection
NPG Ax161115
Sittersback to top
- Mary Berenson (née Smith) (1864-1945), Art historian; former wife of Frank Costelloe, and later wife of Bernard Berenson; daughter of Robert Pearsall Smith. Sitter associated with 75 portraits. Identify
- Sir Desmond MacCarthy (1877-1952), Writer and critic. Sitter in 23 portraits. Identify
- (Lloyd) Logan Pearsall Smith (1865-1946), Writer. Sitter in 25 portraits. Identify
Artistback to top
- Unknown photographer, Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 6582 portraits.
Subjects & Themesback to top
Events of 1932back to top
Current affairs
Sir Oswald Mosley forms the British Union of Fascists. Mosley's party - nicknamed the Black Shirts after their uniform - was founded along the lines of Mussolini's Fascist Party in Italy and called for the replacement of parliamentary democracy with a system of elected executives. During the war Mosley was interned and the BUF was proscribed.Art and science
John Cockcroft and Ernest Walton 'split the atom'. In fact, Cockcroft and Walton's achievement was to change the nucleus of one element into another by bombarding it with protons, rather than to literally spit an atom apart. Nevertheless 'splitting the atom' has become the popular way of describing this important stage in the development of nuclear technology.International
Saudi Arabia is formed by the unification of the Kingdoms of Hijaz and Nejd under King Abdul Aziz.Iraq is granted independence from the British mandate established by the League of Nations in 1919-20.
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