Noel Godfrey Chavasse
1 portrait
© National Portrait Gallery, London
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Noel Godfrey Chavasse
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, circa 1913
8 3/8 in. x 6 1/4 in. (212 mm x 158 mm) image size
Given by Mary Chavasse in memory of John Chavasse, nephew of the sitter, 2014
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NPG x138834
Sitterback to top
- Noel Godfrey Chavasse (1884-1917), Army medical officer; recipient of the Victoria Cross. Sitter in 2 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Unknown photographer, Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 6584 portraits.
This portraitback to top
This full-length studio portrait was made before the war, at the time when Chavasse joined the Royal Army Medical Corps. It was common for military personnel to visit a photographer's studio before active service to record their image for loved ones.
Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top
- For Valour: Recipients of the Victoria Cross 1914-1918 (4 November 2017 - 24 June 2018)
Events of 1913back to top
Current affairs
The Suffragette, Emily Davison dies after stepping out in front of the King's horse as a protest at the Epsom Derby. In the same year the Liberal government passed the Cat and Mouse Act allowing them to release and re-arrest Suffragettes who went on hunger strike while in prison. Davison, herself, had been on hunger strike and was force-fed while detained at Holloway Prison.Art and science
Stravinsky's ballet The Rite of Spring comes to London following its premier at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris. Audiences were shocked by Stravinsky's rhythmic and dissonant musical score and by the violent jerky dancing of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, which were intended to represent pagan ritual.International
Henry Ford introduces the assembly line at the Ford Motor Company, rapidly increasing the rate at which the famous Model T could be manufactured, leading to massive growth in the motorcar industry and demonstrating to other industries the efficiency of mass production.Comments back to top
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