'T.M. The King & Queen & House Party at Mount Stewart'
5 of 12 portraits of Charles Stewart Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 6th Marquess of Londonderry
'T.M. The King & Queen & House Party at Mount Stewart'
after Christina Broom
bromide postcard print, 1903
3 1/2 in. x 5 3/8 in. (88 mm x 138 mm) overall
Given by Terence Pepper, 2014
Photographs Collection
NPG x196926
Artistback to top
- Mrs Albert Broom (Christina Livingston) (1862-1939), Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 94 portraits, Sitter in 4 portraits.
Sittersback to top
- Queen Alexandra (1844-1925), Queen of Edward VII. Sitter associated with 478 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 10 portraits. Identify
- Rachel (née Gurney), Countess of Dudley (1867-1920), First wife of 2nd Earl of Dudley; daughter of Charles Henry Gurney. Sitter in 10 portraits. Identify
- William Humble Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley (1867-1932), Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and Governor General of Australia. Sitter in 6 portraits. Identify
- King Edward VII (1841-1910), Reigned 1901-10. Sitter associated with 505 portraits. Identify
- John Henry Crichton, 4th Earl of Erne (1839-1914), Conservative politician; MP for Enniskillen and Fermanagh. Sitter in 5 portraits. Identify
- Florence Mary (née Cole), Countess Erne (1849-1924), Wife of 4th Earl Erne; daughter of 3rd Earl of Enniskillen. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Helen Mary Theresa (née Vane-Tempest-Stewart), Countess of Ilchester (1876-1956), Wife of 6th Earl of Ilchester; daughter of 6th Marquess of Londonderry. Sitter in 5 portraits. Identify
- Hon. (Elizabeth) Charlotte Knollys (circa 1835-1930), Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Alexandra; daughter of Sir William Thomas Knollys. Sitter in 6 portraits. Identify
- Charles Stewart Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 6th Marquess of Londonderry (1852-1915), Viceroy of Ireland. Sitter in 12 portraits. Identify
- Theresa Susey Helen (née Talbot), Marchioness of Londonderry (1856-1919), Conservative hostess and first president of the Ulster women's unionist council; wife of 6th Marquess of Londonderry; daughter of 19th Earl of Shrewsbury. Sitter in 10 portraits. Identify
- William Waldegrave Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne (1859-1942), Politician; President of the Board of Agriculture. Sitter in 30 portraits. Identify
- Princess Victoria of Wales (1868-1935), Fourth child of King Edward VII. Sitter associated with 110 portraits. Identify
Placesback to top
- Place made and portrayed: United Kingdom: Northern Ireland, County Down (Mount Stewart, County Down, Northern Ireland)
Subjects & Themesback to top
Events of 1903back to top
Current affairs
Emmeline Pankhurst forms the militant organisation, the Women's Social and Political Union, campaigning for greater rights for women and to secure them the vote. Its members were known as 'suffragettes', and adopted the slogan of 'Deeds, not words'.Joseph Chamberlain resigns as Colonial Secretary to campaign for tariff reform and an end to free trade, a key economic issue which splits the Conservative party.
Art and science
Henry James publishes The Ambassadors. Autobiographical in tone, it movingly and humorously traces the conversion of the American Lewis Lambert Strether, sent to Paris to find his widowed fiancee Mrs Newsome's wayward son Chad, to European culture.Charles Rennie Mackintosh, the leading Scottish arts and crafts designer and architect, designs the Willow tea rooms in Glasgow for his patron, Miss Catherine Cranston.
International
The Bolsheviks (meaning 'the majority'), a faction of the exiled Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party, are formed after splitting from the Mensheviks at the Second Party Congress in London.After gaining independence following the end of the Spanish-American war, Cuba is forced to accept a permanent US military presence at Guantánamo Bay.
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