Helen Bourn Tagart; Mary Sophia Allen
1 portrait of Helen Bourn Tagart
© National Portrait Gallery, London
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Helen Bourn Tagart; Mary Sophia Allen
for ACME Newspictures, Inc.
bromide press print, 29 January 1934
9 7/8 in. x 6 in. (250 mm x 152 mm) overall
Given by Terence Pepper, 2014
Photographs Collection
NPG x194372
Sittersback to top
- Mary Sophia Allen (1878-1964), Founder and Commandant of Women Police in London. Sitter in 2 portraits.
- Helen Bourn Tagart (1876-1956), Police Inspector. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Artistback to top
- ACME Newspictures, Inc. (1923-1952), Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 28 portraits.
Events of 1934back to top
Current affairs
Sir Stafford Cripps represents the miners of Gresford Colliery in Wrexham at an inquiry into the recent gas explosion and fire which killed 263 miners, and three rescue workers in one of the worst mining disasters in British history.Art and science
Percy Shaw invents 'Cat's eyes'. The development of road reflectors increased safety on the roads at night and proved to be particularly useful during the wartime blackout. They are still used today.Dylan Thomas published his first volume of poetry, 18 Poems.
International
Stalin and Hitler consolidate dictatorial power by 'purging' their opponents. In the Soviet Union, members of the Communist Party and particular sectors of society such as the intelligentsia were targeted in the 'Great Purge', while in Germany Hitler murdered hundreds of potential opponents in the SA during the 'Night of the Long Knives'.Thousands in the USA are forced to flee their homes to escape the Dust Bowl storms.
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Eleanor Tagart
29 October 2019, 09:44
I messaged yesterday about the spelling of Tagart, additionally, Bourn is spelled without an E. Helen Bourn Tagart is a descendant (grand daughter I think) of the Reverend Edward Tagart who was the second husband of Helen Martineau (née Bourn). He was the unitarian minister in Norwich octaganal Chapel in the 19th century and there are almost certainly references to this.
Elisa Rolle
26 July 2020, 16:07
Mary Sophia Allen lived with Margaret Damer Dawson between 1914 and 1920, when Dawson died. Records from the early 1930s show Allen living in the house left to her by Dawson, with Helen Bourn Tagart.