Athene Seyler

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Athene Seyler

by Powys Evans
pencil, circa 1924
14 3/8 in. x 10 1/4 in. (367 mm x 264 mm)
Purchased, 1992
Reference Collection
NPG D1673

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  • Powys Evans (1899-1981), 'Quiz'; caricaturist. Artist or producer associated with 99 portraits, Sitter associated with 1 portrait.

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This sketch was probably made at a performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream, in which Seyler played Hermia, at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, December 1924.

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Current affairs

After narrowly winning the general election the previous year, Stanley Baldwin calls a vote of confidence at the opening of the new session of Parliament and is defeated. George V invited James Ramsay Macdonald to form a minority Labour government, making him the first Labour Prime Minister.

Art and science

Eric Liddell wins the gold medal at the Olympic games, breaking the record for running the 400 metres in 47.6 seconds. The distance was not in fact his strongest event, but he refused to run the 100 metres because the heats were held on the Sabbath. His story is told in the 1981 film Chariots of Fire.

International

After three strokes and several years of illness Lenin dies. Three days later the city of Petrograd is renamed Leningrad in his honour. On coming to power Stalin began the policy of 'socialism in one country' abandoning the traditional hope for international proletarian revolution in order to strengthen Russia internally and independently.

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