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George Denison Faber, 1st Baron Wittenham ('Men of the Day. No. 773.')

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George Denison Faber, 1st Baron Wittenham ('Men of the Day. No. 773.')

by Harold Wright ('Stuff')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 8 February 1900
14 1/8 in. x 9 1/2 in. (359 mm x 242 mm) paper size
Reference Collection
NPG D44999

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  • Harold Wright ('Stuff') (1858-1908), Stipendiary magistrate for the Potteries and cartoonist in Vanity Fair. Artist or producer associated with 33 portraits.

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This caricature went to press as votes were being counted in the by-election in which Faber stood against Lord Charles Beresford; by publication day, he had already been appointed Member of Parliament for York.

The previous year, 1899, Faber had inherited the ground-lease of Covent Garden Opera House, and promptly sold it to 'The Grand Opera Syndicate Ltd.'. The text accompanying the caricature concludes with the cryptic sentence 'He thinks that he knows a picture when he sees it', which ties up with the image itself. As yet, this reference is unexplained.

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Current affairs

The Conservatives return to power, after the Prime Minister Lord Salisbury calls a general election, known as the 'Khaki election', on the back of huge jingoistic support for the Boer War.
The Labour Representation Committee (LRC) is founded from a coalition of socialist groups; they win two seats in the 1900 election and Ramsay Macdonald is appointed secretary. The Labour politician Keir Hardie is also returned to Parliament for Merthyr Tydfilin Wales.

Art and science

German physicist Max Planck proposes the concept of the quantum theory. Sigmund Freud's The Interpretation of Dreams is published. In the text, Freud outlines his theory of dream analysis, crucial to the study of the unconscious, and introduces key concepts in psychoanalysis, such as the Ego.
The Paris International Exhibition, attended by more than 50 million people and including over 76,000 exhibitors, marks the heyday of Art Nouveau.

International

In China the Boxer rebellion takes place. The Boxers were anti-imperialist and against foreign influence in trade, religion, politics and technology in the final years of the Manchu rule. The Boxers invade Beijing, killing 230 foreigners and Chinese Christians. The rebellion is suppressed by a multinational coalition of 20,000 troops, with China being forced to pay large war reparations, contributing to growing nationalist resentment against the Qing dynasty.

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