Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, 1st Bt
3 of 4 portraits of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, 1st Bt
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, 1st Bt
by Lock & Whitfield, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
woodburytype, published 1882
4 1/2 in. x 3 5/8 in. (114 mm x 91 mm) image size
Acquired, 1883
Photographs Collection
NPG Ax17670
Sitterback to top
- Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, 1st Bt (1829-1894), Judge and writer; son of Sir James Stephen. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Lock & Whitfield (active 1856-1894), Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 627 portraits.
- Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 376 portraits.
Events of 1882back to top
Current affairs
The Ashes Test cricket series is born. The series gets its name from a satirical obituary published in the English newspaper The Sporting Times, stating that English cricket had died and its cremated body was being taken back to Australia, after England, with batsmen W. G. Grace and Charles Studd, lost the first home match to Australia at the Oval.The Married Women's Property Act is passed, securing equal property rights between married couples.
Art and science
Eadweard Muybridge, British photographer, exhibits his images of animal and human motion, captured with his 'zoopraxiscope', a motion-picture machine recreating movement by displaying individual photographs in rapid succession, at the Royal Academy and Royal Institution. His studies and inventions contributed to the development of motion pictures, with E.J. Marey and the Lumiere brothers acknowledging his impact.International
The Zioinist movement begins, with the first wave of Jewish immigrants to Palestine, at this time part of the Ottoman empire. The Jewish people were in Diaspora, spread across the world, and Palestine, the place of Jewish origin but now also occupied by Muslims and Christians, seemed a logical place for a settlement.Comments back to top
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