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Henry Somerset, 1st Marquess of Worcester

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Henry Somerset, 1st Marquess of Worcester

by Thomas Anthony Dean, published by Harding & Lepard, after William Derby, after Cornelius Johnson (Cornelius Janssen van Ceulen)
stipple engraving, published 1 June 1827
14 3/4 in. x 10 3/8 in. (376 mm x 265 mm) plate size
Given by the daughter of compiler William Fleming MD, Mary Elizabeth Stopford (née Fleming), 1931
Reference Collection
NPG D28195

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  • Thomas Anthony Dean (1801-1860), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 66 portraits.
  • William Derby (1786-1847), Watercolour and miniature painter. Artist or producer associated with 133 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
  • Harding & Lepard (active 1826-1836), Publishers. Artist or producer associated with 73 portraits.
  • Cornelius Johnson (Cornelius Janssen van Ceulen) (1593-1661), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 148 portraits, Sitter associated with 3 portraits.

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  • NPG D36295: Henry Somerset, 1st Marquess of Worcester (from same plate)
  • NPG D36296: Henry Somerset, 1st Marquess of Worcester (from same plate)

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Current affairs

Lord Liverpool suffers a stroke and is forced to resign as Prime Minister. George Canning succeeds him only to die after four months in office.

Art and science

University College London, the first metropolitan university in England, is founded specifically to educate dissenters excluded from Oxford and Cambridge. Whig politician Henry Brougham, writer Thomas Campbell and financier and philanthropist Isaac Goldsmid are its principal patrons.

International

Britain, France and Russia sign a treaty in London agreeing to intervene in the Greek War of Independence. Allied troops under General Edward Codrington subsequently destroy Turkish and Egyptian fleets at the Battle of Navarino.
Western Australia is explored for the first time by Captain Stirling.

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