Paul Cinquevalli
1 portrait of Paul Cinquevalli
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Paul Cinquevalli
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, circa 1912
5 3/8 in. x 3 1/2 in. (137 mm x 89 mm) overall
Bequeathed by Patrick O'Connor, 2010
Photographs Collection
NPG x138219
Artistsback to top
- London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company (active 1854-1922), Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 952 portraits.
- Rotary Photographic Co Ltd (active 1897-1916), Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 1423 portraits.
Events of 1912back to top
Current affairs
The Royal Flying Corps is established. During the Great War, planes and balloons were used mainly for reconnaissance and observation before technological advances made them fast enough and manoeuvrable enough to attack enemy positions and fight in the air. Arthur (Bomber) Harris won distinction as a pilot destroying five enemy aircraft in the war. In the Second World War he became Marshal of the Royal Air Force.Art and science
George Bernard Shaw writes Pygmalion.Charles Babbage's invents the Analytic Machine. Considered to be the forerunner to the modern computer, the machine was able to make automatic mathematical calculations.
International
Scott leads the British Expedition to the South Pole reaching it in January 1912 only to discover that the rival Norwegian party had beaten them by a month. All members of Scott's team perished on the return journey. Captain Oates' famous last words were immortalised in Scott's diary: 'I am just going outside and may be some time.'The 'unsinkable' Titanic strikes an iceberg and goes down on its maiden journey between Southampton and New York.
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