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Leon Underwood

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Leon Underwood

by William Rothenstein
red and white chalk, 1920
14 in. x 10 in. (356 mm x 254 mm)
Accepted in lieu of tax by H.M. Government and allocated to the Gallery, 2005
Primary Collection
NPG 6711

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  • Leon Underwood (1890-1975), Artist. Sitter in 4 portraits, Artist or producer of 3 portraits.

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  • Sir William Rothenstein (1872-1945), Artist and teacher of art. Artist or producer associated with 222 portraits, Sitter in 24 portraits.

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This drawing was made when Underwood was an assistant teacher of drawing at the Royal College of Art, where Rothenstein was Principal.

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Current affairs

The Government of Ireland Act (Fourth Home Rule Bill) partitions Ireland into the Irish Free State with a devolved parliament in Dublin and Northern Ireland with a devolved parliament in Belfast.
The Communist Party of Great Britain is founded in London, uniting a number of independent socialist and Marxist parties into a single, united party.

Art and science

Queen Alexandra unveils a monument to Edith Cavell in St Martin's Place opposite the National Portrait Gallery. The English nurse was executed in Germany for helping hundreds of allied soldiers to cross the border from occupied Belgium to the neutral Netherlands.
George V officially opens the Imperial War Museum at the Crystal Palace.

International

The Kapp Putsch threatens the newly formed Weimar Republic. In defiance of the Treaty of Versailles, the leaders of the Marinebrigade Ehrhardt refused to disband and marched on Berlin, occupying it on the 13th March. With the general army refusing to defend the city, the government fled to Stuttgart. The rebellion, however, failed after the workers joined a general strike, disabling their plans.

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