'Colonial Conference Visitors on the Terrace of the Houses of Parliament'
'Colonial Conference Visitors on the Terrace of the Houses of Parliament'
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 8 May 1907
6 1/8 in. x 8 in. (155 mm x 202 mm) image size
Given by House of Commons Library, 1974
Photographs Collection
NPG x135548
Artistback to top
- Sir (John) Benjamin Stone (1838-1914), Politician and photographer. Artist or producer associated with 1436 portraits, Sitter in 28 portraits.
Sittersback to top
- Eileen Josephine Bedingfield-Wood (née Ward) (1886-1952), Wife of Bernard Bedingfield-Wood; daughter of Sir Joseph George Ward, 1st Bt. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
- James Blyth, 1st Baron Blyth (1841-1925), Agriculturalist and businessman; Patron of numerous public bodies; Advocate of cheap postage. Sitter in 13 portraits. Identify
- Miss Botha. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Edward James Bruce, 10th Earl of Elgin and 14th Earl of Kincardine (1881-1968), Army and air force officer, public servant and businessman. Sitter in 12 portraits. Identify
- (Henry) Cuthbert Hall (1879-1938), Electrical engineer; Managing Director of Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Co Ltd and Marconi International Marine Communication Co Ltd. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
- Sir John Henniker Heaton, 1st Bt (1848-1914), Politician and postal reformer. Sitter in 33 portraits. Identify
- Miss Heaton, Daughter of Sir John Henniker Heaton, 1st Bt. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Mr Walter, of 'The Times'. Sitter associated with 9 portraits. Identify
- Mrs Walter, Wife of Mr Walter of 'The Times'. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Sir Joseph George Ward, 1st Bt (1856-1930), Prime Minister of New Zealand and entrepreneur. Sitter in 19 portraits. Identify
Placesback to top
- Place made and portrayed: United Kingdom: England, London (Terrace, Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London)
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Events of 1907back to top
Current affairs
Robert Baden Powell, a former lieutenant-general in the British Army, forms the Boy Scout Movement after holding a camp on Brownsea Island for a group of twenty-two boys of mixed social background. Baden Powell was inspired after finding that his 1903 military training manual Aids to Scouting had become a bestseller, and was being used by teachers and youth workers. The Scout movement has become a Worldwide phenomenon, with over 38 million members in 216 countries.Art and science
The poet, author and critic Edmund Gosse publishes his autobiography Father and Son, an account of his relationship with his devout Christian father, the zoologist Phillip Gosse. Edmund's detailing of his loss of faith is a reflection on the Victorian age itself.Anna Pavlova first dances The Dying Swan, choreographed by Michel Fokine to music by Camille Saint-Saens, at a charity performance.
International
America is gripped by a financial crisis as a collapse of trust companies causes panic amongst shareholders.Aged twenty, the Swiss architect Le Corbusier, one of the most influential figures in twentieth-century architecture, designs his first house at La Chaux-de-Fonds in Switzerland.
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