Helena Violet Alice (née Fraser), Countess of Stradbroke; Mabel Jellico; Kathleen Mullock and one unknown nurse
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Helena Violet Alice (née Fraser), Countess of Stradbroke; Mabel Jellico; Kathleen Mullock and one unknown nurse
by Underwood & Underwood
bromide press print, 1914
7 1/2 in. x 9 3/4 in. (189 mm x 247 mm) overall
Photographs Collection
NPG x138288
Sittersback to top
- Mabel Jellico, Nurse. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Kathleen Mullock, Nurse. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Helena Violet Alice (née Fraser), Countess of Stradbroke (died 1949), Wife of 3rd Earl of Stradbroke; daughter of James Keith Fraser. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
Artistback to top
- Underwood & Underwood (active 1881-1940s), Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 29 portraits.
This portraitback to top
This image of the Countess in the grounds of Henham Hall, flanked by Red Cross nurses, was published in the society magazine The Sketch in September 1914.
Placesback to top
- Place made and portrayed: United Kingdom: England, Suffolk (sitter's home, Henham Hall, Suffolk)
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Following Germany's declaration of war on France and invasion of Belgium, Herbert Henry Asquith, the British Prime Minister, declares war on the German Empire on August 4, 1914. The popular belief that the conflict would be 'over by Christmas' was soon found to be a bitter underestimate of the scale of the war.Art and science
The fist issue of the periodical Blast is published by Wyndham Lewis, announcing the advent of Vorticism. This movement, named by Ezra Pound and taking in art and poetry, combined the vitality and dynamism of Italian Futurism with the geometric structure of Cubism. Vorticism was a direct challenge to the perceived quaint and domestic style of the Bloomsbury group and Roger Fry's Omega Workshop.International
On June 28th 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria is assassinated in Sarajevo leading to Austria's declaration of war against Serbia and triggering the First World War. Germany declared war on Serbia's ally, Russia, and then marched on France via Belgium. Soon all of Europe and most of the world was embroiled in total war.Comments back to top
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Claire Wrathall
03 September 2018, 10:19
The seated figure on the right in the Red Cross apron is Kathleen Mullock and the figure standing at the back is Mabel Jellico, both residents of Southwold. Kathleen was my great grandmother and her husband, my great grandfather, was the hospital's chief medical officer, Richard Wilson Mullock (see citation).
I have another photograph from the same sitting, and my mother, who is still alive, remembers her grandmother (and Mabel Jellico).