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John Lambert

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John Lambert

by Robert Cooper, published by Charles Baldwyn, published by Henry Baldwyn, after Robert Walker
stipple engraving, early 19th century
10 in. x 6 1/8 in. (253 mm x 155 mm) plate size
Given by the daughter of compiler William Fleming MD, Mary Elizabeth Stopford (née Fleming), 1931
Reference Collection
NPG D28957

Sitterback to top

  • John Lambert (1619-1684), Parliamentary general. Sitter associated with 16 portraits.

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  • Charles Baldwyn (active 1817-1826), Publisher. Artist or producer associated with 11 portraits.
  • Henry Baldwyn (active early 19th century), Publisher. Artist or producer associated with 9 portraits.
  • Robert Cooper (active 1795-died 1828), Historical and portrait engraver. Artist or producer associated with 195 portraits.
  • Robert Walker (1599-1658), Painter. Artist or producer associated with 143 portraits, Sitter in 3 portraits.

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Current affairs

Widespread food riots after poor harvests of 1798-9. Theorist, Thomas Malthus, controversially argues that poverty and food shortages are an inevitable consequence of population growth, challenging assumptions that populousness was a sign of national prosperity and power. His thesis contributed forcefully to the debate over the existing Poor Law.

Art and science

William Wordsworth publishes his Preface to the Lyrical Ballads; a retrospective explanation of his experimental poems written with Samuel Taylor Coleridge. It becomes one of the best-known manifestos of Romantic literature.

International

Lord Castlereagh, Chief Secretary for Ireland, is the main architect of the Act of Union under which Ireland is merged with Great Britain and the Irish parliament is abolished.
British troops support successful uprising by Maltese against the French.
Napoleon is victorious against Austrians at Marengo and reconquers Italy.

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