Dame (Emma) Maud McCarthy
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© National Portrait Gallery, London
Dame (Emma) Maud McCarthy
by Frank Salisbury
oil on canvas, 1917
23 3/4 in. x 19 1/4 in. (604 mm x 487 mm) uneven
Purchased, 1985
Primary Collection
NPG 5831
On display in Room 25 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
Sitterback to top
- Dame (Emma) Maud McCarthy (1858-1949), Army Matron-in-Chief. Sitter in 3 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Francis Owen ('Frank') Salisbury (1874-1962), Painter. Artist or producer associated with 17 portraits, Sitter in 38 portraits.
This portraitback to top
This preparatory sketch was made in France for a large group painting commissioned by the Royal Exchange.
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- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 398
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Current affairs
King George V changes his name from 'Saxe-Coburg' to 'Windsor.' Amid wartime anti-German public sentiment the British Royal Family decided to relinquish their German name and titles. The name 'Windsor' was chosen as variation on ''Wettin', the late Prince Albert's personal surname.Art and science
The National Photographic Record is established at the instigation of the photographer Walter Stoneman to commission photographs of 'distinguished living contemporaries of British nationality.' This project allowed the National Portrait Gallery to circumvent its own rule that portraits could not enter the collection until the sitter had been dead ten years.International
The Russian Revolution begins with the February Revolution and the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II. Seven months later the Bolsheviks led by Vladimir Lenin seize power in the October Revolution forming the Soviet Communist Government, which lasted until 1991. The USA abandons its neutrality and joins the war against Germany following a series of attacks on American passenger and merchant ships.Comments back to top
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