Arthur Capel, 1st Baron Capel
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Arthur Capel, 1st Baron Capel
by Charles Picart, after Harold Crease, after Cornelius Johnson (Cornelius Janssen van Ceulen)
stipple engraving, published 1816
14 5/8 in. x 10 3/8 in. (371 mm x 265 mm) plate size; 17 1/2 in. x 11 5/8 in. (445 mm x 295 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D32596
Sitterback to top
- Arthur Capel, 1st Baron Capel (1604-1649), Writer, royalist and politician; MP for Hertfordshire. Sitter associated with 21 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Harold Crease (born circa 1788), Miniature painter and draughtsman. Artist or producer associated with 18 portraits.
- Cornelius Johnson (Cornelius Janssen van Ceulen) (1593-1661), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 148 portraits, Sitter associated with 3 portraits.
- Charles Picart (circa 1780-circa 1837), Engraver, draughtsman and painter. Artist or producer associated with 119 portraits.
Events of 1816back to top
Current affairs
Marriage of Princess Charlotte to Leopold I.Income Tax abolished.
Unsuccessful Spa Fields Riot led by the ultra-radical Arthur Thistlewood which aimed to attack the Tower of London and the Bank of England and set up a ruling 'Committee of Public Safety' following the French model.
Art and science
Jane Austen publishes Emma.Leeds and Liverpool Canal completed.
International
British Government buys the Elgin Marbles, taken from the Acropolis in Athens by Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, and brought to England between 1803 and 1812. Their acquisition prompts support from Thomas Lawrence and Benjamin Robert Haydon and condemnation from Lord Byron.Slave rebellion fails in Barbados; four hundred slaves are executed.
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