Isabella Mary Fairlie (née Elderton)

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Isabella Mary Fairlie (née Elderton)

by Henry Bone, possibly after Sir Thomas Lawrence
pen and ink, 1825
4 1/8 in. x 2 7/8 in. (104 mm x 74 mm)
Acquired from Sir George Scharf, 1890
Reference Collection
NPG D17745

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  • Henry Bone (1755-1834), Enamel painter. Artist or producer associated with 677 portraits, Sitter in 6 portraits.
  • Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), Portrait painter, collector and President of the Royal Academy. Artist or producer associated with 698 portraits, Sitter in 25 portraits.

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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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Susan Watkins

26 February 2017, 00:17

Louisa Home-Purves (abt 1810 - Apr 1843) dau of John Home Purves (c 1785 Berwick - 20 Sep 1827 Pensacola, Florida USA) & Ellen Power (abt 1791 Ireland - 16 Nov 1845) {she m2 Charles Manners Sutton - died Jul 1845 Speaker of the House of Commons}.
Louisa was the (?favorite) niece of the Countess of Blessington, had, I think, 4 children. Her eldest dau had a elegaic poem written about her by ??Disraeli?? - a son Herbert was in the 10th Hussars.