Eric Gill
4 of 13 portraits matching these criteria:
- place 'Powys'
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Eric Gill
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1928
Transferred from Central Office of Information, 1974
Photographs Collection
NPG x12008
Sitterback to top
- Eric Gill (1882-1940), Sculptor and typographer. Sitter in 56 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 7 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Howard Coster (1885-1959), Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 9349 portraits, Sitter in 5 portraits.
Placesback to top
- Place made and portrayed: United Kingdom: Wales, Powys (sitter's workroom, Capel-y-ffin, Powys, Wales)
Events of 1928back to top
Current affairs
The Representation of the People Act 1928 grants women the same rights to vote as men. Building on reform of 1918, this Act lowered the voting age for women from 30 to 21, and removed the ownership of property requirements.Art and science
Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin. The Scottish scientist's identification of the first antibiotic revolutionised the treatment of infection and is a landmark in medical history. By the Second World War, penicillin was being used to treat wounded soldiers and had a major impact on survival rates of those with infected wounds.International
Stalin announces the Soviet Union's first Five-Year plan of economic development. Based on Lenin's New Economic Policy, the Five-Year Plans aimed to expand the country's economy through rapid centralised industrialisation.Comments back to top
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