Frances Trollope
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Frances Trollope
by Auguste Hervieu
oil on canvas, circa 1832
6 in. x 5 in. (152 mm x 127 mm)
Bequeathed by the sitter's great-granddaughter, Muriel Rose Trollope, 1954
Primary Collection
NPG 3906
On display in Room 10 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
Sitterback to top
- Frances Trollope (1780-1863), Novelist; mother of Anthony Trollope. Sitter associated with 3 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Auguste Hervieu (1794-1858), Artist. Artist or producer associated with 9 portraits.
This portraitback to top
The artist of this portrait was the writer’s friend, who accompanied her tour of America.
Linked publicationsback to top
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- Birkett, Dea; Morris, Jan (foreword), Off the Beaten Track: Three Centuries of Women Travellers, 2004 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 7 July to 31 October 2004), p. 99
- Ormond, Richard, Early Victorian Portraits, 1973, p. 468
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 624
Events of 1832back to top
Current affairs
William IV agrees to the creation of new peers in order to obtain the passage of the Reform Act, although this proved unnecessary when the Tories withdrew opposition. Male franchise is extended by fifty percent; fifty-six 'rotten boroughs' lose representation and forty-one new constituencies are created. Irish and Scottish Reform Acts are also passed.Art and science
Mathematician Charles Babbage publishes his best selling Economy of Machinery and Manufactures. In response to recent outbreaks of machine-breaking and riots, he aimed to reveal the sources of Britain's industrial strength to the urban elite and promote institutional change.Parliament votes funds for National Gallery buildings in Trafalgar Square.
International
Free land grants end for English settlers in Australia on recommendation of the leading colonisation theorist Edward Wakefield in his Letter from Sydney.Greek independence recognised by the Treaty of London.
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