'Defenders of Our Empire'

1 portrait by James Valentine & Sons Ltd

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'Defenders of Our Empire'

published by James Valentine & Sons Ltd, after Frank Arthur Swaine, and Langfier Ltd, and Alexander Bassano, and Sport & General Press Agency Ltd, and James Russell & Sons
bromide postcard print, 1911 or after
5 1/2 in. x 3 3/8 in. (139 mm x 85 mm) overall
Given by Terence Pepper, 2014
Photographs Collection
NPG x197673

Artistsback to top

  • Alexander Bassano (1829-1913), Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 2805 portraits, Sitter in 4 portraits.
  • Langfier Ltd (active 1899-1941), Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 76 portraits.
  • James Russell & Sons (active 1850s-1940s), Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 692 portraits.
  • Sport & General Press Agency Ltd, Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 18 portraits.
  • Frank Arthur Swaine (died 1952), Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 35 portraits.
  • James Valentine & Sons Ltd (active 1880s-1968), Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 39 portraits.

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Related worksback to top

  • NPG x29591: King George V (source portrait)
  • NPG x85797: Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (source portrait)

Events of 1911back to top

Current affairs

Asquith's Liberal government introduces the Parliament Act to curb the powers of the House of Lords following the clash between the Commons and Lords over the 1909 People's Budget. The Act removed the Lords' power to veto bills, reduced the length of Parliament from seven to five years, and provided for the payment of MPs.

Art and science

Ernest Rutherford discovers the structure of the atom. The New Zealand born physicist working in Manchester showed with his Nuclear Model that electrons orbited a nucleus composed of protons and neutrons. The discovery paved the way for nuclear physics.

International

The Polish Chemist, Marie Curie, becomes the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for her discovery in 1898 of the radioactive element, Radon.
The Mona Lisa is stolen from the Louvre. The masterpiece was missing for two years, during which time suspicion fell on avant-garde poet Guillaume Apollinaire and his friend Pablo Picasso, before Vincenzo Peruggia, an employee of the Louvre, was arrested in Florence.

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