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Erasmus Darwin

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Erasmus Darwin

by James Heath, published by J. Norman, after J. Rawlinson
stipple engraving, published 14 May 1804
17 3/4 in. x 14 1/4 in. (451 mm x 361 mm) plate size; 18 5/8 in. x 14 3/4 in. (472 mm x 376 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D34687

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  • Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802), Physician and poet. Sitter in 8 portraits.

Artistsback to top

  • James Heath (1757-1834), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 84 portraits, Sitter associated with 8 portraits.
  • J. Norman (active 1804). Artist or producer associated with 1 portrait.
  • J. Rawlinson. Artist or producer associated with 4 portraits.

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Current affairs

William Pitt returns to office and forms a second coalition administration, retaining many of those who had served under his predecessor Henry Addington but specifically excluding his arch rival Charles James Fox .

Art and science

William Blake starts writing Jerusalem. One of his most ambitious allegorical poems, it took nearly eight years to complete.
Amidst infighting about submissions to the annual exhibition, attempts are made to unseat painter Benjamin West as President of the Royal Academy and elect architect James Wyatt instead.

International

Napoleon declares himself Emperor of France and is crowned as Napoleon I by Pope Pius VII in Paris.
Haiti achieves independence led by Toussaint L'Ouverture, the patriot and martyr who had seized control from the French in 1801. He becomes a symbolic figure of freedom for the British anti-slavery movement.

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