George Bernard Shaw
1 portrait of George Bernard Shaw
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George Bernard Shaw
by Lizzie Caswall Smith, published by George G. Harrap & Company, printed by The Vandyck Printers Ltd
photogravure, 1913, published 1915
4 1/2 in. x 3 in. (114 mm x 77 mm) overall
Given by Terence Pepper, 2014
Photographs Collection
NPG Ax199040
Sitterback to top
- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Playwright. Sitter in 148 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 8 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Lizzie Caswall Smith (1870-1958), Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 263 portraits.
- George G. Harrap & Company, Publishers. Artist or producer associated with 9 portraits.
- The Vandyck Printers Ltd, Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 10 portraits.
Events of 1913back to top
Current affairs
The Suffragette, Emily Davison dies after stepping out in front of the King's horse as a protest at the Epsom Derby. In the same year the Liberal government passed the Cat and Mouse Act allowing them to release and re-arrest Suffragettes who went on hunger strike while in prison. Davison, herself, had been on hunger strike and was force-fed while detained at Holloway Prison.Art and science
Stravinsky's ballet The Rite of Spring comes to London following its premier at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris. Audiences were shocked by Stravinsky's rhythmic and dissonant musical score and by the violent jerky dancing of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, which were intended to represent pagan ritual.International
Henry Ford introduces the assembly line at the Ford Motor Company, rapidly increasing the rate at which the famous Model T could be manufactured, leading to massive growth in the motorcar industry and demonstrating to other industries the efficiency of mass production.Comments back to top
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