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Olive May (née Olive Mary Meatyard), Countess of Drogheda and an unknown boy
17 of 126 portraits matching these criteria:
- set matching 'Bassano whole-plate negatives, gift 2004'
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 6 July 1910
Given by John Morton Morris, 2004
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Olive May (née Olive Mary Meatyard), Countess of Drogheda (1886-1947), Actress; former wife of Lord Victor Paget, and later wife of 10th Earl of Drogheda. Sitter in 51 portraits.
Bassano Ltd (active 1901-1962), Photographers. Artist associated with 42745 portraits.
Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (photographer's studio, 25 Old Bond Street , London)
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Bassano whole-plate negatives, gift 2004
Cultural or traditional attire
Double portraits
George V succeeds Edward VII to the throne.
The Liberals win narrow victories after calling two General Elections following escalating tension between the Liberal administration and the Lords reached crisis point with the Lords' unprecedented rejection of Lloyd George's 1909 budget. The budget included tax reform intended to fund social reform and a rearmament programme, but was seen by the Conservative Lords as an assault on property.
The critic and Bloomsbury group member Roger Fry curates a ground-breaking and, at the time, shocking exhibition in London's Grafton Galleries, Manet and the Post-Impressionists. The exhibition introduces the work of contemporary European artists to the London art establishment, including Manet, Cezanne, Gaugin and Van Gogh, and Fry became a champion of modern art, coining the term 'Post-Impressionism'.
Japan annexes Korea as a colony, an indication of Japan's ambitious imperialist aims and attempts to control trade and influence in East Asia. Japanese occupation of Korea lasted until 1945, after Japan surrendered to the Allied forces at the end of the Second World War and Korea was divided in two by the United States and the Soviet Union.
Athletes and Olympians
Before Windrush: Images of Black and Asian Figures
Centenary of flight
Centenaries and Centenarians
Photographic holdings - print and negative collections
Photographic holdings - Albums 1-75
Photographically Illustrated Periodicals
Keep The Home Fires Burning
Shakespeare: Stage and Screen
Classical Music and the First World War
Bassano Studio Portrait Collection