King George VI with page boys
6 of 22 portraits of George Alexander Eugene Douglas Haig, 2nd Earl Haig
King George VI with page boys
by Hay Wrightson
nitrate negative, 12 May 1937
8 1/2in. x 6 1/2in. (215.9 mm x 165.1 mm)
Given by Julian Munby, 1975
Photographs Collection
NPG x32320
Artistback to top
- Hay Wrightson (1874-1949), Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 357 portraits.
Sittersback to top
- Montague Robert Vere Eliot (1923-1994), Page of Honour to King George VI. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- King George VI (1895-1952), Reigned 1936-52. Sitter associated with 562 portraits. Identify
- George Alexander Eugene Douglas Haig, 2nd Earl Haig (1918-2009), Soldier, charity administrator and painter. Sitter in 22 portraits. Identify
- George Edward Charles Hardinge, 3rd Baron Hardinge of Penshurst (1921-1997), Publisher and author. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- George Henry Hubert Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood (1923-2011), Director of the Royal Opera House, editor of Opera magazine and president of Leeds United Football Club. Sitter in 64 portraits. Identify
- Rognvald Herschell, 3rd Baron Herschell (1923-2008), Politician. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- George Patrick John Rushworth Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe (1918-2007), Diplomat and politician; Lord-in-Waiting to HM The Queen. Sitter in 14 portraits. Identify
- Henry Herbert Kitchener, 3rd Earl Kitchener of Khartoum (1919-2011), Army officer and President of the Lord Kitchener National Memorial Fund. Sitter in 8 portraits. Identify
- Alexander Arthur Alfonso David Maule Ramsay of Mar (1919-2000), Aide-de-camp to Duke of Gloucester. Sitter in 4 portraits. Identify
- Major Raymond Seymour (1923-2010), Army officer; assistant private secretary and equerry to Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
Placesback to top
- Place made and portrayed: United Kingdom: England, London (Throne Room, Buckingham Palace, London)
Events of 1937back to top
Current affairs
George VI becomes king. The younger brother of Edward VIII was crowned on the 12th May and the coronation was broadcast to Britain and the Empire on the radio. Edward becomes the Duke of Windsor, although the rank of 'Royal Highness' is not extended to Wallis Simpson.Neville Chamberlain becomes Prime Minister following Baldwin's retirement.
Art and science
Roland Penrose organises a tour of Picasso's painting Guernica to the UK. The painting, which shows the horrors of the Spanish Civil War, went on display at the Whitechapel Art Gallery in East LondonInternational
Commercial airship travel is brought to an end with the 'Hindenberg Disaster'. The German airship exploded while landing in New Jersey. The radio broadcaster Herbert Morrison's reaction has become legendary: 'Oh, the humanity!'Japan invades China, killing about 25,000. Japanese Troops committed numerous atrocities against soldiers and civilians in what became known as the 'Rape of Nanking'.
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