Walter de la Mare; Elfrida de la Mare (née Ingpen); Lady Ottoline Morrell
Walter de la Mare; Elfrida de la Mare (née Ingpen); Lady Ottoline Morrell
possibly by Philip Edward Morrell
vintage snapshot print, June 1924
3 1/2 in. x 2 1/2 in. (89 mm x 62 mm) image size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Dame Helen Gardner Bequest, 2003
Photographs Collection
NPG Ax141612
Sittersback to top
- Elfrida de la Mare (née Ingpen) (1862-1943), Wife of Walter de la Mare. Sitter in 5 portraits. Identify
- Walter de la Mare (1873-1956), Poet and writer. Sitter in 64 portraits. Identify
- Lady Ottoline Morrell (1873-1938), Patron of the arts; half-sister of 6th Duke of Portland; wife of Philip Edward Morrell. Sitter associated with 600 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 1716 portraits. Identify
Artistback to top
- Philip Edward Morrell (1870-1943), Politician; husband of Lady Ottoline Morrell. Artist or producer associated with 339 portraits, Sitter associated with 191 portraits.
Events of 1924back to top
Current affairs
After narrowly winning the general election the previous year, Stanley Baldwin calls a vote of confidence at the opening of the new session of Parliament and is defeated. George V invited James Ramsay Macdonald to form a minority Labour government, making him the first Labour Prime Minister.Art and science
Eric Liddell wins the gold medal at the Olympic games, breaking the record for running the 400 metres in 47.6 seconds. The distance was not in fact his strongest event, but he refused to run the 100 metres because the heats were held on the Sabbath. His story is told in the 1981 film Chariots of Fire.International
After three strokes and several years of illness Lenin dies. Three days later the city of Petrograd is renamed Leningrad in his honour. On coming to power Stalin began the policy of 'socialism in one country' abandoning the traditional hope for international proletarian revolution in order to strengthen Russia internally and independently.Comments back to top
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