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Lieut.-Colonel Mervyn Joseph Pius O'Gorman () was one of the greatest British aeronautical designers. During World War I he was an aeronautical research designer at the Royal Aircraft Factory in Farnborough, testing out new inventions in the field.
Born in Ireland, Mervyn O'Gorman (or 'O.G.' as he was affectionately known) is best known as one of the greatest British aeronautical engineers.
He was also a motoring pioneer, writing O'Gorman's Motoring Pocket Book in , and was actively involved in the Royal Automobile Club (RAC), becoming its vice-president. He also later played a key role in the introduction of the Highway Code.
O'GORMAN, Mervyn, 82, Victoria Street, London, S.W. Cars: Oldsmobile, 5-h.p. electric victoria (Still system). Total distance travelled since becoming a motorist. About 15, miles. Hobbies: Touring with camera, sketching, shooting. Principal aim in furthering automobilism: To promote the use by municipalities and others of motor-cars instead of trams; to open up poor districts and the colonies by good roads and cars, instead of delaying development until the remote time when the heavy Standing c
The model in an enigmatic set of photographs taken by Mervyn O'Gorman, thought to be the earliest examples of colour photography, had been identified. Previously known only as Christina it was thought that the young girl in the red bathing suit was O'Gorman's daughter.
However, Christina's true identity came to light when Stephen Riddle, a retired technician, contacted Colin Harding, curator at the National Media Museum with a set of stereoscopic slides by O&#;Gorman.
The 16 year old model was revealed to be Christina Elizabeth Frances Bevan, the elder daughter of Edwyn Robert Bevan, a classical scholar, archaeologist and philosopher, and his wife, the Honourable Mary Waldegrave.
Mervyn O&#;Gorman trained first as an electrical engineer before becoming an aircraft engineer and Superintendent of the Royal Aircraft Factory but in his spare time he enjoyed taking photographs and was a pioneer of the Autochrome process.
At the time of the census, two years before these
Christina est une adolescente lorsque ces images sont prises. Réalisées en par son père, Mervyn O’Gorman, ingénieur en aéronautique, ces clichés d’une beauté étonnante témoignent de l’essor de la photographie en couleur au début du siècle dernier.
Comté de Dorset, dans le sud-ouest de l’Angleterre, Mervyn O’Gorman, est âgé de 42 ans lorsqu’il réalise ces portraits de sa fille, Christina. Réalisés en autochrome, la première technique industrielle de photographie couleur, les clichés sont particulièrement saisissants. La beauté, les poses, les expressions et les tenues rouges de la jeune fille (une couleur tout à fait adaptée à l’autochrome) sont remarquables. De chacune de ces photos se dégage une aura fascinante.
D’abord parce qu’elles retranscrivent, avant les premiers éclats de la Grande Guerre, une époque encore sereine et paisible. Ensuite parce que les cadrages, les postures et les tenues de Christina ont quelque chose de terriblemen
Mervyn O’Gorman&#;s ‘Christina’: How the girl in red from a photo became a social media starlet
More than years after they were taken, these images of a teenage girl at Lulworth Cove have taken Twitter and Instagram by storm.
The girl in question is Christina, and the images—on show in our Drawn by Light exhibition until 21 June —have been doing the rounds on social media and in the world’s press. The Daily Mail called her ‘the original lady in red’. The Daily Mirror suggested that the images look so contemporary we should be using the hashtag #tinaonthebeach. And El Pais dubbed Christina ‘Una ‘pin-up’ de Flickr del siglo XX’—a Flickr pin-up for the 20th century.
Who was Christina?
The mystery of Christina’s identity has brought a lot of attention to the photographs, leading a major genealogy research organisation to delve into the archives to find out more.
In the most recent twist, a man from Chertsey spotted Christina in his copy of the Daily Mail and has contacted us to let us know that he possesses stereoscopic slides showing Christina and the photographer Mervyn O’Gorman on their way to the ‘shoot’. Curator Colin Harding will be collecting these slide
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