Dame Clara Ellen Butt and Robert Henry Kennerley Rumford with their family
Dame Clara Ellen Butt and Robert Henry Kennerley Rumford with their family
by Foulsham & Banfield, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, circa 1907
3 3/8 in. x 5 3/8 in. (86 mm x 136 mm) overall
Given by Terence Pepper, 2014
Photographs Collection
NPG x196290
Artistsback to top
- Foulsham & Banfield (active 1900s-1920s), Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 471 portraits.
- Rotary Photographic Co Ltd (active 1897-1916), Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 1423 portraits.
Sittersback to top
- Clara Butt (née Hook) (1853?-1926?), Wife of Henry Albert Butt; mother of Dame Clara Ellen Butt; great-granddaughter of Theodore Hook. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Dame Clara Ellen Butt (1872-1936), Singer. Sitter in 51 portraits. Identify
- Henry Albert Butt (1848-1925), Shipbroker; father of Dame Clara Ellen Butt. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Herbert Blanchford Gray Butt (circa 1877-1953), Son of Henry Albert Butt; brother of Dame Clara Butt. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- H. Canning (active circa 1907). Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Joy Clara Cross (née Rumford) (1901-1976), Wife of Claude Harold Cross; daughter of Robert Henry Kennerley Rumford and Dame Clara Butt. Sitter in 13 portraits. Identify
- Florence Rose (née Morphy), Countess of Darnley (circa 1860-1944), Wife of 8th Earl of Darnley; daughter of John Stephen Morphy. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Hazel Antoinette Heming (née Butt) (1889-1963), Wife of George Thomas Heming; daughter of Henry Albert Butt; sister of Dame Clara Butt. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Ethel Hook (Bertha Beatrice Butt) (1884-1975), Contralto singer; daughter of Henry Albert Butt; sister of Dame Clara Butt. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
- Pauline Hook (active 1900s), Soprano singer; daughter of Henry Albert Butt; sister of Dame Clara Butt. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Mr Murray (active circa 1907), Brother-in-law of Robert Henry Kennerley Rumford. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Mrs Murray (active circa 1907), Sister of Robert Henry Kennerley Rumford. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Robert Henry Kennerley Rumford (1870-1957), Baritone singer. Sitter in 20 portraits. Identify
- Roy Rumford (1904-1923), Son of Robert Henry Kennerley Rumford and Dame Clara Butt. Sitter in 6 portraits. Identify
- Victor Ian M. Rumford (1906-1934), Son of Robert Henry Kennerley Rumford and Dame Clara Butt. Sitter in 5 portraits. Identify
- Mrs Rumford (active circa 1907), Mother of Robert Henry Kennerley Rumford. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
Events of 1907back to top
Current affairs
Robert Baden Powell, a former lieutenant-general in the British Army, forms the Boy Scout Movement after holding a camp on Brownsea Island for a group of twenty-two boys of mixed social background. Baden Powell was inspired after finding that his 1903 military training manual Aids to Scouting had become a bestseller, and was being used by teachers and youth workers. The Scout movement has become a Worldwide phenomenon, with over 38 million members in 216 countries.Art and science
The poet, author and critic Edmund Gosse publishes his autobiography Father and Son, an account of his relationship with his devout Christian father, the zoologist Phillip Gosse. Edmund's detailing of his loss of faith is a reflection on the Victorian age itself.Anna Pavlova first dances The Dying Swan, choreographed by Michel Fokine to music by Camille Saint-Saens, at a charity performance.
International
America is gripped by a financial crisis as a collapse of trust companies causes panic amongst shareholders.Aged twenty, the Swiss architect Le Corbusier, one of the most influential figures in twentieth-century architecture, designs his first house at La Chaux-de-Fonds in Switzerland.
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