Frederick, Duke of York and Albany; King George IV
8 of 73 portraits of Frederick, Duke of York and Albany
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Frederick, Duke of York and Albany; King George IV
by Crowhurst of Brighton
silhouette, circa 1827
12 1/2 in. x 9 3/8 in. (318 mm x 238 mm)
Purchased, 1905
Primary Collection
NPG 1691a
Sittersback to top
- Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (1763-1827), Commander-in-Chief of the Army; son of George III. Sitter associated with 73 portraits. Identify
- King George IV (1762-1830), Regent 1811-19; Reigned 1820-30. Sitter associated with 274 portraits. Identify
Linked publicationsback to top
- Hickman, Peggy, Silhouettes, 1972 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 14 June - 29 August 1972), p. 43
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 242
- Walker, Richard, Regency Portraits, 1985, p. 205
Events of 1827back to top
Current affairs
Lord Liverpool suffers a stroke and is forced to resign as Prime Minister. George Canning succeeds him only to die after four months in office.Art and science
University College London, the first metropolitan university in England, is founded specifically to educate dissenters excluded from Oxford and Cambridge. Whig politician Henry Brougham, writer Thomas Campbell and financier and philanthropist Isaac Goldsmid are its principal patrons.International
Britain, France and Russia sign a treaty in London agreeing to intervene in the Greek War of Independence. Allied troops under General Edward Codrington subsequently destroy Turkish and Egyptian fleets at the Battle of Navarino.Western Australia is explored for the first time by Captain Stirling.
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