William Ewart Gladstone; Catherine Gladstone (née Glynne); Sir Edward Evans; Bernard Charles March Phillipps de Lisle
32 of 47 portraits of Catherine Gladstone (née Glynne)
William Ewart Gladstone; Catherine Gladstone (née Glynne); Sir Edward Evans; Bernard Charles March Phillipps de Lisle
by Unknown photographer
carbon cabinet card, 28 November 1891
4 1/8 in. x 6 1/2 in. (106 mm x 165 mm) overall
Purchased, 2014
Photographs Collection
NPG x139712
Sittersback to top
- Bernard Charles March Phillipps de Lisle (1864-1921), Son of Ambrose Charles Lisle March Phillipps de Lisle. Sitter associated with 1 portrait. Identify
- Sir Edward Evans (1846-1917), Politician and businessman. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Catherine Gladstone (née Glynne) (1812-1900), Philanthropist; wife of William Ewart Gladstone. Sitter in 47 portraits. Identify
- William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898), Prime Minister and writer; Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery. Sitter associated with 324 portraits. Identify
Artistback to top
- Unknown photographer, Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 6584 portraits.
Placesback to top
- Place made and portrayed: United Kingdom: England, Merseyside (home of Sir Edward Evans, Spital Old Hall, Wirral)
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Events of 1891back to top
Current affairs
The Irish Nationalist leader Charles Parnell is forced to resign after being named in the divorce proceedings brought by William O'Shea against his wife Kitty, who had been Parnell's mistress for a decade. The scandal severely damages the campaign for the Home Rule Bill, contributing greatly to its subsequent failure. Parnell's health also suffered; he contracted rheumatic fever and died a few months after resigning.Art and science
Thomas Hardy's publishes Tess of the D'Urbervilles, a tragedy which explores the consequences of the young Tess's seduction by the wealthy Alec D'Urberville. In the novel, Hardy sets forward his major concerns about the individual's powerlessness before fate, whilst radically critiquing the hypocritical double standards of contemporary morals.International
The construction of Trans-Siberian railway, the longest single rail system in Russia, begins in the Urals and at Vladivostock. Running between Moscow and Vladivostock, work was completed in 1917.The German aviation pioneer Otto Lilenthal takes off in the first glider from a hill near Potsdam, the first of many guided flights and an important step in the development of aerial technology.
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