John Strachey; Barbara Strachey
6 of 8 portraits of John Strachey
© National Portrait Gallery, London
John Strachey; Barbara Strachey
by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, 1924-1925
4 1/8 in. x 3 in. (105 mm x 75 mm) overall
Given by Barbara Strachey (Hultin, later Halpern), 1999
Photographs Collection
NPG Ax160888
Sittersback to top
- Barbara Strachey (Hultin, later Halpern) (1912-1999), Writer. Sitter in 58 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 10 portraits.
- John Strachey (1905-1963), Son of Ralph Strachey. Sitter in 8 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 1 portrait.
Artistback to top
- Unknown photographer, Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 6582 portraits.
Placesback to top
- Place made and portrayed: United Kingdom: England, Surrey (pond, Mud House, Friday's Hill, Haslemere, Surrey)
Events of 1924back to top
Current affairs
After narrowly winning the general election the previous year, Stanley Baldwin calls a vote of confidence at the opening of the new session of Parliament and is defeated. George V invited James Ramsay Macdonald to form a minority Labour government, making him the first Labour Prime Minister.Art and science
Eric Liddell wins the gold medal at the Olympic games, breaking the record for running the 400 metres in 47.6 seconds. The distance was not in fact his strongest event, but he refused to run the 100 metres because the heats were held on the Sabbath. His story is told in the 1981 film Chariots of Fire.International
After three strokes and several years of illness Lenin dies. Three days later the city of Petrograd is renamed Leningrad in his honour. On coming to power Stalin began the policy of 'socialism in one country' abandoning the traditional hope for international proletarian revolution in order to strengthen Russia internally and independently.Comments back to top
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