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Classical ruins at Selinonte

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Classical ruins at Selinonte

attributed to John Partridge
pencil, 1825
6 7/8 in. x 9 in. (176 mm x 229 mm)
Purchased, 1955
Primary Collection
NPG 3944(21)

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  • John Partridge (1789-1872), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 43 portraits, Sitter in 3 portraits.

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The ancient ruins found throughout the Italian peninsular offered visitors both a ghostly reminder of a bygone age and proof of the creative output of a heroic past. Ruins also fuelled the contemporary craze for collecting, archaeology and antiquarianism. Attributed to John Partridge, this drawing is inscribed 'Selimonte' which suggests that it was made during a visit to this ancient Greco-Roman site in Sicily, called Selinunte in Italian. The jumbled heap of broken columns and plinths, having so artfully toppled on to a stone platform, creates a composition that is both architectonic and almost resembles a still-life.

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  • Place made and portrayed: Italy (Selinunte, Sicily, Italy)

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Current affairs

Strikes, contract breaking and worker intimidation prompt the passing of a new Anti-Trade Union Combination Act to the dismay of economist John McCulloch, MP Joseph Hume and radical Francis Place who had worked for the repeal of the previous year.
Catholic Relief Bill is rejected by the House of Lords.

Art and science

Construction of Thames Tunnel begins under the direction of Marc Isambard Brunel.
Stockton to Darlington Railway, the world's first passenger system, opens.
William Hazlitt publishes The Spirit of the Age; twenty-five pen-portraits of his contemporaries in the world of literature, philosophy and politics.

International

Beethoven's Ninth Symphony premieres in London.
John Quincy Adams is elected President of the United States.

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