Sir John Doyle, Bt and an unknown boy

1 portrait by John Peter Thompson

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Sir John Doyle, Bt and an unknown boy

by William Say, published by John Peter Thompson, after James Ramsay
mezzotint, published 1 November 1817
21 7/8 in. x 15 7/8 in. (556 mm x 404 mm) plate size; 22 3/8 in. x 16 1/2 in. (569 mm x 419 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1961
Reference Collection
NPG D35382

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  • James Ramsay (1786-1854), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 35 portraits.
  • William Say (1768-1834), Mezzotint engraver. Artist or producer associated with 261 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
  • John Peter Thompson (1792-1819), Engraver, printer and printseller. Artist or producer associated with 23 portraits.

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Current affairs

Princess Charlotte, only daughter of George, Prince Regent and Caroline of Brunswick, dies in childbirth, prompting widespread mourning.
Seditious Meetings Bill drives democratic societies underground.
Rising depression and discontent; Prince Regent's coach attacked at state opening of Parliament.

Art and science

John Keats begins to write his epic poem Endymion on the Isle of Wight; a rite of passage as a professional poet after deserting his medical career.
John Constable exhibits Flatford Mill, one of his most famous naturalistic landscape paintings, at the Royal Academy
John Rennie's new Waterloo Bridge opens.

International

Journalist William Cobbett flees to America fearing prosecution. Already imprisoned for two years for seditious libel he grew more vehemently pro-reform on his release and reduced the price of his weekly periodical the Political Register to expand its circulation and influence to all classes.
James Monroe is elected President of the United States.

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