King Manuel II of Portugal
1 of 7 portraits of King Manuel II of Portugal
© National Portrait Gallery, London
King Manuel II of Portugal
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, 1907 or before
5 1/8 in. x 3 7/8 in. (131 mm x 97 mm) image size
Given by Martin Plaut, 2012
Primary Collection
NPG P1700(82d)
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- King Manuel II of Portugal (1889-1932), Reigned 1908-10; son of King Carlos I and Queen Amélie. Sitter in 7 portraits.
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- Unknown photographer, Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 6582 portraits.
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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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