'The King's Derby'
1 portrait of Prince Alexander Cambridge, Earl of Athlone
'The King's Derby'
after William Booty
bromide postcard print, (26 May 1909)
5 1/2 in. x 3 1/2 in. (140 mm x 89 mm) overall
Given by Terence Pepper, 2014
Photographs Collection
NPG x193088
Artistback to top
- William Booty, Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 3 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
Sittersback to top
- Prince Alexander Cambridge, Earl of Athlone (1874-1957), Army officer and Governor-General of South Africa and of Canada. Sitter in 38 portraits. Identify
- Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850-1942), Field Marshal, Governor General of Canada; son of Queen Victoria. Sitter associated with 160 portraits. Identify
- Prince Arthur of Connaught (1883-1938), Governor-General of South Africa; son of 1st Duke of Connaught and grandson of Queen Victoria. Sitter in 44 portraits. Identify
- Lord Marcus de la Poer Beresford (1848-1922), Racing manager to Edward VII. Sitter in 5 portraits. Identify
- King Edward VII (1841-1910), Reigned 1901-10. Sitter associated with 505 portraits. Identify
- King George V (1865-1936), Reigned 1910-36. Sitter in 488 portraits. Identify
- Alec March, Race horse trainer to Edward VII. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
Placesback to top
- Place made: United Kingdom: England, Surrey (in the Paddock, Epsom Downs racecourse, Surrey)
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Events of 1909back to top
Current affairs
The American retailer Harry Gordon Selfridge opens the first British custom-built department store on what was then the 'dead end' of Oxford Street. The revolutionary complex, considered the world's largest at the time, transforms shopping, offering diverse amenities including a post office and a library, and modernises the visual face of retailing through innovative window displays.Art and science
The Frenchman Louis Bleriot becomes the first person to cross the English channel by aeroplane, winning the £1,000 prize offered by the Daily Mail, and greeted by cheering crowds at Dover station. Bleriot's flight also showed that England was, as H.G. Wells put it, from a military point of view 'no longer an inaccessible island'.In dance, Alexandre Benois becomes the first artistic director of Sergey Diaghilev's innovative Ballets Russes.
International
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), is founded in America to campaign for the rights of African Americans. One of the oldest and most influential civil rights movements, it was founded by a diverse group of individuals from mixed backgrounds, including W.E.B. Du Bois, Ida Wells-Barnett, Henry Moscowitz and William English Walling.The Selig Polyscope company sets up the first film studio in Los Angeles.
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