Edward Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
1 portrait by Anaglyphic Company
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Edward Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, printed by Brooker & Harrison, published by Thomas Agnew, and published by Anaglyphic Company, after William Derby
mezzotint, published 18 July 1844
20 1/2 in. x 15 7/8 in. (522 mm x 404 mm) plate size; 28 1/4 in. x 21 5/8 in. (718 mm x 548 mm) paper size
Given by Messrs Thomas Agnew, 1932
Reference Collection
NPG D35036
Sitterback to top
- Edward Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799-1869), Prime Minister. Sitter in 105 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Thomas Agnew (1794-1871), Art dealer. Artist or producer associated with 63 portraits.
- Anaglyphic Company (active 1844), Publisher. Artist or producer associated with 19 portraits.
- Brooker & Harrison (active 1842-circa 1906), Printers. Artist or producer associated with 51 portraits.
- William Derby (1786-1847), Watercolour and miniature painter. Artist or producer associated with 133 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Frederick Christian Lewis Sr (1779-1856), Engraver and landscape painter. Artist or producer associated with 192 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
Placesback to top
- Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (Repository of Arts, Manchester; Berners Street, London)
Events of 1844back to top
Current affairs
Britain experiences a railway boom. Peel's government passes a series of Acts creating provision of cheap, regular rail services. George Hudson, the first great railway entrepreneur, who controlled over 1,000 miles of railway track and whose enterprises made York a major commercial and transport hub, becomes known as 'the Railway King'.Art and science
Disraeli's Coningsby is published. The first of his 1840s 'Young England' trilogy, it was the cultural manifesto of Disraeli's vision for a new Conservativism.David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson set up their innovative and pioneering photography studio in Edinburgh, capturing portraits of both Scottish society figures and workers, as well as urban and rural landscape scenes.
International
Tensions continue to mount in Eastern Europe over Russian imperialist ambitions, as Tsar Nicholas I describes the Ottoman Empire as 'the Sick Man of Europe'.With the overthrow of the Haitians, the Spanish-speaking portion of the island of Hispaniola gains independence, as the Dominican Republic.
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