Simon Bussy; Vanessa Bell; Duncan Grant with Lady Ottoline Morrell's pug Soie

1 portrait of Duncan Grant

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Simon Bussy; Vanessa Bell; Duncan Grant with Lady Ottoline Morrell's pug Soie

by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1922
2 1/8 in. x 3 5/8 in. (54 mm x 93 mm) image size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Dame Helen Gardner Bequest, 2003
Photographs Collection
NPG Ax141317

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  • Vanessa Bell (née Stephen) (1879-1961), Painter; sister of Virginia Woolf. Sitter in 21 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 14 portraits. Identify
  • Simon Bussy (1870-1954), Artist; husband of Dorothy Strachey. Sitter in 25 portraits, Artist or producer of 3 portraits. Identify
  • Duncan Grant (1885-1978), Artist. Sitter associated with 31 portraits, Artist or producer of 9 portraits. Identify

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  • Lady Ottoline Morrell (1873-1938), Patron of the arts; half-sister of 6th Duke of Portland; wife of Philip Edward Morrell. Artist or producer associated with 1716 portraits, Sitter associated with 600 portraits.

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Current affairs

The British Broadcasting Company (later British Broadcasting Corporation) is established to experiment with radio broadcasting. It is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world, providing radio, television and Internet services to the public in Britain and across the world.

Art and science

1922 is a key year for modernist literature with the publication of James Joyce's novel, Ulysses and T.S. Eliot's poem, The Waste Land. Both broke new ground with Ulysses (loosely based on Homer's Odyssey) introducing the 'stream of consciousness' narrative technique, and The Waste Land experimenting with multiple voices and a patchwork of literary, historic, mythological and personal allusions.

International

The Soviet Union is formed under Joseph Stalin who takes power after Lenin suffers a debilitating stroke.
In an attempt to avoid civil war, King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy invites Benito Mussolini to form a new government following the Fascist Party's March on Rome.

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