Thelma (née Morgan), Viscountess Furness and her twin sister Gloria Vanderbilt (née Morgan)
1 portrait of Gloria Vanderbilt (née Morgan)
© William Hustler and Georgina Hustler / National Portrait Gallery, London
Thelma (née Morgan), Viscountess Furness and her twin sister Gloria Vanderbilt (née Morgan)
by Dorothy Wilding
bromide print, 1932
5 3/4 in. x 6 3/4 in. (145 mm x 173 mm)
Given by the photographer's sister, Susan Morton, 1976
Photographs Collection
NPG x18734
Sittersback to top
- Thelma (née Morgan), Viscountess Furness (1905-1970), Society figure; second wife of 1st Viscount Furness. Sitter in 2 portraits.
- Gloria Vanderbilt (née Morgan) (1905-1965). Sitter in 1 portrait.
Artistback to top
- Dorothy Wilding (1893-1976), Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 2179 portraits, Sitter in 30 portraits.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Pepper, Terence, In Pursuit of Perfection: The Photographs of Dorothy Wilding, 1991 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 5 July 1991 - 29 September 1991), p. 72
Events of 1932back to top
Current affairs
Sir Oswald Mosley forms the British Union of Fascists. Mosley's party - nicknamed the Black Shirts after their uniform - was founded along the lines of Mussolini's Fascist Party in Italy and called for the replacement of parliamentary democracy with a system of elected executives. During the war Mosley was interned and the BUF was proscribed.Art and science
John Cockcroft and Ernest Walton 'split the atom'. In fact, Cockcroft and Walton's achievement was to change the nucleus of one element into another by bombarding it with protons, rather than to literally spit an atom apart. Nevertheless 'splitting the atom' has become the popular way of describing this important stage in the development of nuclear technology.International
Saudi Arabia is formed by the unification of the Kingdoms of Hijaz and Nejd under King Abdul Aziz.Iraq is granted independence from the British mandate established by the League of Nations in 1919-20.
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