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Ignace Jan Paderewski
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- set matching 'The Martin Plaut Album'
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Ignace Jan Paderewski
by Oscar Remandas, for London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen print, circa 1892
5 3/4 in. x 4 in. (146 mm x 101 mm) image size
Given by Martin Plaut, 2012
Primary Collection
NPG P1700(38d)
Sitterback to top
- Ignace Jan Paderewski (1860-1941), Pianist, composer, diplomat and politician. Sitter in 16 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company (active 1854-1922), Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 952 portraits.
- Oscar Remandas, Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 5 portraits.
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Events of 1892back to top
Current affairs
Gladstone's fourth and final term as Prime Minister begins, and is again dominated by the issue of Home Rule as he attempts to push through the third Home Rule Bill.The first Indian MP, Dadabhai Naoroji wins the seat for Finsbury Central, and Keir Hardie becomes the first MP for the Independent Labour Party, winning the seat for West Ham.
Art and science
William Butler Yeats forms the National Literary Society in Dublin, and also publishes The Countess Cathleen, a short play and his first contribution to Irish poetic drama.Rudolf Diesel is issued a patent for his internal combustion engine; Diesel's engine eventually replaces steam power.
The Nutcracker, based upon a story by E. T. A. Hoffman, composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky has its premier in St Petersburg.
International
Fifteen year old Annie Moore, from Ireland, is the first person to enter the United States through Ellis Island, newly opened as the point of reception for all new immigrants. Between 1892-1924, more than twenty million immigrants passed through Ellis Island.The Falkland Islands, east of the South American mainland, become a British colony.
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