Charles Stewart Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 6th Marquess of Londonderry
11 of 12 portraits of Charles Stewart Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 6th Marquess of Londonderry
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Charles Stewart Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 6th Marquess of Londonderry
by The Autotype Company, after Henry John Stock
collotype, 1907
12 in. x 8 7/8 in. (304 mm x 227 mm) plate size; 19 in. x 14 1/2 in. (483 mm x 367 mm) paper size
Given by Grillion's Club, 1915
Reference Collection
NPG D20779
Sitterback to top
- Charles Stewart Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 6th Marquess of Londonderry (1852-1915), Viceroy of Ireland. Sitter in 12 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- The Autotype Company (active 1868-), Reproductive engravers, printers and publishers. Artist or producer associated with 46 portraits.
- Henry John Stock (1853-1930), Painter. Artist or producer associated with 16 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D9839: Charles Stewart Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 6th Marquess of Londonderry (from same plate)
Events of 1907back to top
Current affairs
Robert Baden Powell, a former lieutenant-general in the British Army, forms the Boy Scout Movement after holding a camp on Brownsea Island for a group of twenty-two boys of mixed social background. Baden Powell was inspired after finding that his 1903 military training manual Aids to Scouting had become a bestseller, and was being used by teachers and youth workers. The Scout movement has become a Worldwide phenomenon, with over 38 million members in 216 countries.Art and science
The poet, author and critic Edmund Gosse publishes his autobiography Father and Son, an account of his relationship with his devout Christian father, the zoologist Phillip Gosse. Edmund's detailing of his loss of faith is a reflection on the Victorian age itself.Anna Pavlova first dances The Dying Swan, choreographed by Michel Fokine to music by Camille Saint-Saens, at a charity performance.
International
America is gripped by a financial crisis as a collapse of trust companies causes panic amongst shareholders.Aged twenty, the Swiss architect Le Corbusier, one of the most influential figures in twentieth-century architecture, designs his first house at La Chaux-de-Fonds in Switzerland.
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