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Julius Caesar Ibbetson
1 of 2 portraits of Julius Caesar Ibbetson
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Julius Caesar Ibbetson
by Julius Caesar Ibbetson
oil on canvas, 1804
14 3/8 in. x 10 3/4 in. (365 mm x 273 mm)
Transferred from National Gallery, 1994
Primary Collection
NPG 6267
Sitterback to top
- Julius Caesar Ibbetson (1759-1817), Landscape painter. Sitter in 2 portraits, Artist or producer of 2 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Julius Caesar Ibbetson (1759-1817), Landscape painter. Artist or producer of 2 portraits, Sitter in 2 portraits.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 325
Events of 1804back to top
Current affairs
William Pitt returns to office and forms a second coalition administration, retaining many of those who had served under his predecessor Henry Addington but specifically excluding his arch rival Charles James Fox .Art and science
William Blake starts writing Jerusalem. One of his most ambitious allegorical poems, it took nearly eight years to complete.Amidst infighting about submissions to the annual exhibition, attempts are made to unseat painter Benjamin West as President of the Royal Academy and elect architect James Wyatt instead.
International
Napoleon declares himself Emperor of France and is crowned as Napoleon I by Pope Pius VII in Paris.Haiti achieves independence led by Toussaint L'Ouverture, the patriot and martyr who had seized control from the French in 1801. He becomes a symbolic figure of freedom for the British anti-slavery movement.
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