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Sir David Wilkie

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Sir David Wilkie

by William Henry Hunt
watercolour, circa 1809
5 in. x 3 5/8 in. (127 mm x 92 mm)
Given by Thomas Esmond Lowinsky, 1935
Primary Collection
NPG 2770

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  • Sir David Wilkie (1785-1841), Painter. Sitter in 21 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 17 portraits.

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  • William Henry Hunt (1790-1864), Watercolour painter. Artist or producer associated with 8 portraits, Sitter in 11 portraits.

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Current affairs

Duke of Portland resigns as Prime Minister to be succeeded by Spencer Perceval.
Motion for parliamentary reform is defeated in the House of Commons.
Notorious duel between George Canning and Viscount Castlereagh over strategic failures against Napoleon.

Art and science

Maria Edgeworth publishes Tales of Fashionable Life, a popular and perceptive series of stories exploring Anglo-Irish society after the Union.
Robert Smirke completes the New Covent Garden Theatre after fire. 'Old Price' theatre riots quickly break out against rising cost of admission.
Pall Mall in London is lit by gas for the first time.

International

British army lands in Lisbon and defeats the French at Talavera. Arthur Wellesley is created Viscount Wellington as a result of this victory.
Walcheren expedition led by General Chatham, which aimed to take Antwerp, fails amidst allegations of military corruption and carnage.
James Madison is elected President of the United States.

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James Gorin von Grozny

08 March 2017, 12:38

Wilkie and Hunt likely first met prodigy Edwin Landseer at Heydon's studio while studying with Branwell Bronte's later 'Best Friend' J B Leyland. In 1824 Wilkie persuaded 21 y/o Landseer to visit the Highlands and Sir Walter Scott. By 1827 Hunt (via John Linnel) introduced Landseer to among his most consequential friendships; William Cavendish, 6th duke Devonshire. In 1834 Hunt, *Wilkie, Landseer, Bronte, Leyland, Linnel and 'Bachelor Duke' aka 'Bart' Cavendish attended or exhibited the Royal Northern Society for encouragement of visual Arts, Leeds. *Not corroborated.