John Braham
1 portrait by Anthony Cardon
© National Portrait Gallery, London
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John Braham
by Anthony Cardon, after John George Wood
stipple engraving, published 1807 (1806)
15 7/8 in. x 11 1/4 in. (404 mm x 285 mm) plate size; 19 1/8 in. x 14 in. (485 mm x 357 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1962
Reference Collection
NPG D32083
Artistsback to top
- Anthony Cardon (1772-1813), Engraver and print publisher. Artist or producer associated with 72 portraits.
- John George Wood (1768-1838), Watercolourist, draughtsman, engraver and publisher. Artist or producer associated with 6 portraits.
Events of 1807back to top
Current affairs
Act is passed abolishing the British slave trade after vigorous campaigning by hundreds of thousands of people led by Thomas Clarkson and championed in parliament by reformer William Wilberforce.Resignation of 'Ministry of all the Talents'. Whig politician William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, Duke of Portland, succeeds as Prime Minister.
Art and science
Thomas Hope publishes Household Furniture and Interior Decoration; influential in promoting Greek and especially Egyptian models as the epitome of fashionable style.International
French invasion of Spain and Portugal.Britain occupies Copenhagen and captures the Danish fleet.
Napoleon begins to wage an economic battle against Britain, recognising the impossibility of victory at sea because of Britain's superior naval power. He aims to close the entire European coastline to British trade.
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