Christine Silver as Titania in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Christine Silver as Titania in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1913
Given by John Culme, 1996
Photographs Collection
NPG x102647
Sitterback to top
- Christine Isie Silver (Mrs Roland Sturgis) (1883-1960), Actress; former wife of Walter Maxwell, and later wife of Ronald Sturgis. Sitter in 28 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Bassano Ltd (active 1901-1962), Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 42746 portraits.
This portraitback to top
Silver is shown in costume for her role at the Savoy Theatre in London as the Queen of the Fairies in Shakespeare's popular comic play. This is one of three poses taken at Bassano's studio for use as publicity through reproductions in the illustrated press. Boldly confronting the camera with her gaze, Silver's portrayal evokes the proud and strong-willed nature of Titania's character.
Placesback to top
- Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (photographer's studio, 25 Old Bond Street , London)
Events of 1913back to top
Current affairs
The Suffragette, Emily Davison dies after stepping out in front of the King's horse as a protest at the Epsom Derby. In the same year the Liberal government passed the Cat and Mouse Act allowing them to release and re-arrest Suffragettes who went on hunger strike while in prison. Davison, herself, had been on hunger strike and was force-fed while detained at Holloway Prison.Art and science
Stravinsky's ballet The Rite of Spring comes to London following its premier at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris. Audiences were shocked by Stravinsky's rhythmic and dissonant musical score and by the violent jerky dancing of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, which were intended to represent pagan ritual.International
Henry Ford introduces the assembly line at the Ford Motor Company, rapidly increasing the rate at which the famous Model T could be manufactured, leading to massive growth in the motorcar industry and demonstrating to other industries the efficiency of mass production.Comments back to top
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