Baroness Catherine d'Erlanger; 1st Marquess of Reading; Duchess of Sutherland; Marquise de Casa Maury; Baba d'Erlanger, Princesse Jean-Louis de Faucigny-Lucinge
8 of 28 portraits of Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading
Baroness Catherine d'Erlanger; 1st Marquess of Reading; Duchess of Sutherland; Marquise de Casa Maury; Baba d'Erlanger, Princesse Jean-Louis de Faucigny-Lucinge
by Unknown photographer
halftone reproduction, published 11 August 1920
4 7/8 in. x 4 7/8 in. (125 mm x 125 mm) overall
Purchased, 1992
Photographs Collection
NPG Ax105722
Artistback to top
- Unknown photographer, Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 6584 portraits.
Sittersback to top
- Ethel (née Field), Countess Beatty (1873-1932), Former wife of Arthur Tree and later wife of 1st Earl Beatty; daughter of Marshall Field. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Baroness (Marie Rose Antoinette) Catherine d'Erlanger (née de Robert d'Aqueria) (1874-1959), Society hostess; wife of Baron Emile d'Erlanger. Sitter associated with 119 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 25 portraits. Identify
- Baba d'Erlanger, Princesse Jean-Louis de Faucigny-Lucinge (1901-1945), Daughter of Baroness Catherine d'Erlanger. Sitter associated with 18 portraits. Identify
- Paula Gellibrand, Marquise de Casa Maury (1898-1986), Socialite; wife of 1st Marquess de Casa Maury. Sitter in 20 portraits. Identify
- Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading (1860-1935), Lord Chief Justice, diplomat and viceroy of India. Sitter associated with 28 portraits. Identify
- Millicent Fanny Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (née St Clair-Erskine), Duchess of Sutherland (1867-1955), Society hostess and social reformer; wife of 4th Duke of Sutherland; daughter of 4th Earl Rosslyn. Sitter associated with 10 portraits. Identify
Events of 1920back to top
Current affairs
The Government of Ireland Act (Fourth Home Rule Bill) partitions Ireland into the Irish Free State with a devolved parliament in Dublin and Northern Ireland with a devolved parliament in Belfast.The Communist Party of Great Britain is founded in London, uniting a number of independent socialist and Marxist parties into a single, united party.
Art and science
Queen Alexandra unveils a monument to Edith Cavell in St Martin's Place opposite the National Portrait Gallery. The English nurse was executed in Germany for helping hundreds of allied soldiers to cross the border from occupied Belgium to the neutral Netherlands.George V officially opens the Imperial War Museum at the Crystal Palace.
International
The Kapp Putsch threatens the newly formed Weimar Republic. In defiance of the Treaty of Versailles, the leaders of the Marinebrigade Ehrhardt refused to disband and marched on Berlin, occupying it on the 13th March. With the general army refusing to defend the city, the government fled to Stuttgart. The rebellion, however, failed after the workers joined a general strike, disabling their plans.Comments back to top
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