'The Wernher family'
3 of 6 portraits of Georgina Kennard (née Wernher), Lady Kennard
'The Wernher family'
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate film negative, 8 July 1937
Given by Bassano & Vandyk Studios, 1974
Photographs Collection
NPG x75341
Sittersback to top
- Myra Alice (née Wernher), Lady Butter (1925-2022), Philanthropist; wife of David Henry Butter; daughter of Sir Harold Augustus Wernher, 3rd Bt. Sitter in 7 portraits. Identify
- Georgina Kennard (née Wernher), Lady Kennard (1919-2011), Former wife of Harold Phillips, and later wife of Sir George Arnold Ford Kennard, 3rd Bt; daughter of Sir Harold Wernher, 3rd Bt. Sitter in 6 portraits. Identify
- George Michael Alexander Wernher (1918-1942), Army captain. Sitter in 6 portraits. Identify
- Sir Harold Augustus Wernher, 3rd Bt (1893-1973), Major-General and President of Electrolux Ltd. Sitter in 18 portraits. Identify
- Anastasia ('Zia') (née Countess de Torby), Lady Wernher (1892-1977), Wife of Sir Harold Wernher, 3rd Bt; daughter of Grand Duke Michael of Russia. Sitter in 15 portraits. Identify
Artistback to top
- Bassano Ltd (active 1901-1962), Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 42746 portraits.
Placesback to top
- Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (photographer's studio, 38 Dover Street, London)
Subjects & Themesback to top
Events of 1937back to top
Current affairs
George VI becomes king. The younger brother of Edward VIII was crowned on the 12th May and the coronation was broadcast to Britain and the Empire on the radio. Edward becomes the Duke of Windsor, although the rank of 'Royal Highness' is not extended to Wallis Simpson.Neville Chamberlain becomes Prime Minister following Baldwin's retirement.
Art and science
Roland Penrose organises a tour of Picasso's painting Guernica to the UK. The painting, which shows the horrors of the Spanish Civil War, went on display at the Whitechapel Art Gallery in East LondonInternational
Commercial airship travel is brought to an end with the 'Hindenberg Disaster'. The German airship exploded while landing in New Jersey. The radio broadcaster Herbert Morrison's reaction has become legendary: 'Oh, the humanity!'Japan invades China, killing about 25,000. Japanese Troops committed numerous atrocities against soldiers and civilians in what became known as the 'Rape of Nanking'.
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