'A Quaker wedding' (The marriage of Bertrand Russell and Alys Pearsall Smith)
1 portrait of George James Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle
'A Quaker wedding' (The marriage of Bertrand Russell and Alys Pearsall Smith)
after Richard Morris Smith
photograph of drawing, 13 December 1894
4 5/8 in. x 118 mm) overall
Given by Barbara Strachey (Hultin, later Halpern), 1999
Photographs Collection
NPG Ax160691
Artistback to top
- Richard Morris Smith, Cousin of Robert Pearsall Smith. Artist or producer associated with 1 portrait.
Sittersback to top
- Mabell Frances Elizabeth (née Gore), Countess of Airlie (1866-1956), Royal courtier; wife of 6th Earl of Airlie; daughter of 5th Earl of Arran. Sitter in 7 portraits. Identify
- Joseph Bevan Braithwaite (1818-1905), Evangelical Quaker minister. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Rosalind Frances (née Stanley), Countess of Carlisle (1845-1921), Promoter of women's political rights and of temperance reform; wife of 9th Earl of Carlisle; daughter of 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley. Sitter in 5 portraits. Identify
- George James Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle (1843-1911), Artist, politician and trustee of the National Gallery. Sitter in 9 portraits, Artist or producer of 3 portraits. Identify
- Benjamin Francis Conn ('Frank') Costelloe (1855-1899), Barrister and political reformer; first husband of Mary Berenson (née Smith). Sitter in 16 portraits.
- James Rendel Harris (1852-1941), Biblical scholar, archaeologist and orientalist. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
- Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell (1872-1970), Philosopher, mathematician and social reformer. Sitter in 119 portraits. Identify
- John Francis Stanley Russell, 2nd Baron Russell (1865-1931), Politician and motorist. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Alys Whitall Russell (née Pearsall Smith) (1867-1951), First wife of Bertrand Russell; daughter of Robert Pearsall Smith. Sitter in 56 portraits. Identify
- (Edward) Lyulph Stanley, 4th Baron Sheffield (1839-1925), Liberal politician; MP for Oldham. Sitter in 8 portraits. Identify
- Hannah Tatum Smith (née Whitall) (1832-1911), Evangelist and religious writer. Sitter in 47 portraits. Identify
- (Lloyd) Logan Pearsall Smith (1865-1946), Writer. Sitter in 25 portraits. Identify
- Robert Pearsall Smith (1827-1899), Lay leader in the Holiness movement and the Higher Life movement. Sitter in 13 portraits. Identify
- Catherine Elizabeth Conn ('Karin') Stephen (née Costelloe) (1889-1953), Psychoanalyst and psychologist. Sitter in 30 portraits.
- Rachel Pearsall Conn ('Ray') Strachey (née Costelloe) (1887-1940), Feminist activist, artist and writer. Sitter associated with 64 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 99 portraits.
- Albert Basil Orme Wilberforce (1841-1916), Archdeacon of Westminster; son of Samuel Wilberforce. Sitter associated with 38 portraits.
Placesback to top
- Place portrayed: United Kingdom: England, London (Quaker Meeting House, St. Martin's Lane, London)
Subjects & Themesback to top
Events of 1894back to top
Current affairs
Following Gladstone's resignation, Queen Victoria calls on the Liberal MP Archibald Primrose, the 5th Earl of Rosebery to become Prime Minister, a position he reluctantly accepts. His government is largely unsuccessful as the Tory-dominated House of Lords stop the whole of the Liberal's domestic legislation, and his foreign policy plans are defeated by internal Liberal disagreements.Art and science
The Prince of Wales opens Tower Bridge, built over the Thames to improve access to the growing commercial district of the East End. The bridge was constructed from two bascules, or leaves, which could be raised to allow ships to pass underneath.Rudyard Kipling's hugely popular collection of children's stories and poems, The Jungle Book, is published. The stories, based on Kipling's own experiences in India, have been adapted many times.
International
The arrest and court-martial of Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish artillery officer, opens up divisions in France over anti-semitism continuing until Dreyfus's exoneration in 1906. The French President Sadi Carnot is assassinated by an Italian anarchist in Lyon.Nicholas II becomes Tsar of Russia following the death of Alexander III.
Japan and China go to war over control of Korea, with the more modern Japanese army winning an easy victory.
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Simon Colbeck
03 February 2020, 00:57
The event is described at length by Sheila Turcon in 'Russell: The Journal of Bertrand Russell Studies' winter 1983-84.