Rowland Hill
3 of 18 portraits of Rowland Hill
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© National Portrait Gallery, London
Rowland Hill
by Samuel Mountjoy Smith
oil on canvas, 1828
36 1/8 in. x 28 1/8 in. (917 mm x 714 mm)
Given by J.C. Hill, 1981
Primary Collection
NPG 5397
Artistback to top
- Samuel Mountjoy Smith (circa 1809-1874), Artist. Artist or producer associated with 6 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D3051: Rowland Hill (source portrait)
- NPG D35846: Rowland Hill (source portrait)
Linked publicationsback to top
- Ingamells, John, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, 2004, p. 256
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 303
Events of 1828back to top
Current affairs
Duke of Wellington becomes Prime Minister.Madhouse Act attempts to regulate asylums and ensure new arrivals are genuinely insane.
Repeal of the Test Acts removes political restrictions from dissenters, allowing them to hold public office.
Art and science
London Zoological Gardens open in Regent's Park. They provide both entertainment and a supply of exotic specimens for naturalists and anatomists such as Richard Owen who becomes a European authority on the subject.International
Daniel O'Connell is elected Member of Parliament for County Clare but as a Catholic is not permitted to take his seat.Comments back to top
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