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Algernon St Maur, 15th Duke of Somerset as The Lord Protector

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Algernon St Maur, 15th Duke of Somerset as The Lord Protector

by Squire, after Byrne & Co, published by Hudson & Kearns Ltd
photogravure, 1897, published 1912
9 in. x 6 7/8 in. (229 mm x 174 mm) image size
Purchased, 2010
Photographs Collection
NPG Ax135778

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  • Byrne & Co (active late 1870s-1900s), Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 24 portraits.
  • Hudson & Kearns Ltd, Photographic printing company established in 1831 in London.. Artist or producer associated with 29 portraits.
  • Squire, Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 1 portrait.

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Current affairs

Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee is marked by a series of celebratory events, and attended by eleven colonial prime ministers following the Colonial Secretary Joseph Chamberlain's proposal that the Jubilee be made a festival of the British Empire.
The Workmen's Compensation Act gives workmen a right to a limited compensation in every case of injury by accident arising from the course of employment; it is a landmark piece of legislation in employment law.

Art and science

Bram Stoker's Dracula is first published.
Henry Tate of the Tate and Lyle sugar company donates his art collection to the nation, buying land and building a gallery space for it (now Tate Britain).
Physician and psychologist Havelock Ellis publishes the first volume of his Studies in the Psychology of Sex, and the English physicist John Thompson discovers the existence of the electron.

International

The burning of Benin city by Britain takes place, known also as the Punitive Exhibition of 1897. The excursion, led by Admiral Sir Harry Rawson, was a response to an attack by Benin warriors on a British delegation sent to settle a dispute over customs duties collected by British traders. During the expedition the British Admiralty destroyed much of the city's treasured art, including the Benin Bronzes, auctioning off the rest as war booty to recoup costs.

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