Dorothea Baird (Mrs H.B. Irving) as Rosalind in 'As You Like It'
3 of 5 portraits by John & Lizzie Caswall Smith
© reserved; collection National Portrait Gallery, London
Dorothea Baird (Mrs H.B. Irving) as Rosalind in 'As You Like It'
by John & Lizzie Caswall Smith, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1894
5 3/8 in. x 3 1/2 in. (135 mm x 88 mm) overall
Given by Terence Pepper, 2013
Photographs Collection
NPG x200392
Sitterback to top
- Dorothea Baird (Mrs H.B. Irving) (1875-1933), Actress; wife of Henry Brodribb Irving. Sitter in 9 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- John & Lizzie Caswall Smith, Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 5 portraits.
- Rotary Photographic Co Ltd (active 1897-1916), Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 1423 portraits.
Events of 1894back to top
Current affairs
Following Gladstone's resignation, Queen Victoria calls on the Liberal MP Archibald Primrose, the 5th Earl of Rosebery to become Prime Minister, a position he reluctantly accepts. His government is largely unsuccessful as the Tory-dominated House of Lords stop the whole of the Liberal's domestic legislation, and his foreign policy plans are defeated by internal Liberal disagreements.Art and science
The Prince of Wales opens Tower Bridge, built over the Thames to improve access to the growing commercial district of the East End. The bridge was constructed from two bascules, or leaves, which could be raised to allow ships to pass underneath.Rudyard Kipling's hugely popular collection of children's stories and poems, The Jungle Book, is published. The stories, based on Kipling's own experiences in India, have been adapted many times.
International
The arrest and court-martial of Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish artillery officer, opens up divisions in France over anti-semitism continuing until Dreyfus's exoneration in 1906. The French President Sadi Carnot is assassinated by an Italian anarchist in Lyon.Nicholas II becomes Tsar of Russia following the death of Alexander III.
Japan and China go to war over control of Korea, with the more modern Japanese army winning an easy victory.
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