'The King of Spain at the Baptism of his Son and Heir'
'The King of Spain at the Baptism of his Son and Heir'
published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
albumen cabinet card, 1907
2 7/8 in. x 5 1/8 in. (74 mm x 129 mm) image size
Purchased, 1970
Photographs Collection
NPG x74473
Sittersback to top
- Alfonso XIII, King of Spain (1886-1941), Reigned 1886-1931. Sitter in 22 portraits. Identify
- Alfonso, Prince of Asturias (1907-1938), Count of Covadonga; son of Alfonso XIII. Sitter in 7 portraits. Identify
- María Cristina de Habsburgo-Lorena, Queen of Spain (1858-1929), Second Queen Consort of Alfonso XII and Queen Regent 1885-1929. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
Artistback to top
- Rotary Photographic Co Ltd (active 1897-1916), Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 1423 portraits.
Subjects & Themesback to top
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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