Robert Graves
1 portrait by Thomas Fairland
© National Portrait Gallery, London
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Robert Graves
by Thomas Fairland, after John Miller
lithograph, 1847
17 7/8 in. x 13 3/4 in. (454 mm x 349 mm) plate size; 18 5/8 in. x 14 1/2 in. (473 mm x 367 mm) paper size
Given by Ernest E. Leggatt, before 1922-01-01
Reference Collection
NPG D34809
Sitterback to top
- Robert Graves (1798-1873), Line engraver. Sitter in 6 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 34 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Thomas Fairland (1804-1852), Lithographer. Artist or producer associated with 29 portraits.
- John Miller (active circa 1846-1847), Painter. Artist or producer associated with 1 portrait.
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Death and emigration resulting from starvation, plague and disease during worst year of the Great Famine in Ireland, known as Black 47.
Art and science
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The Don Pacifico affair sparks an international incident, when the Jewish trader's business was burned in an anti-semitic attack in Athens. When the Greek government refused to compensate him, Gibraltar-born Pacifico appealed to the British government. Foreign Minister Palmerston sent a squadron into the Aegean in 1850 to seize goods of the equivalent value, leading to strained relations with Turkey and Russia, and heated debates in Parliament.
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