John Angell James

1 portrait by Brooker & Harrison

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John Angell James

by Samuel William Reynolds Jr, printed by Brooker & Harrison, published by Thomas Agnew, after John Bostock
mezzotint, published 1 January 1842
21 1/8 in. x 14 7/8 in. (536 mm x 379 mm) plate size; 26 in. x 20 in. (661 mm x 509 mm) paper size
Given by Messrs Thomas Agnew, 1932
Reference Collection
NPG D36479

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  • Thomas Agnew (1794-1871), Art dealer. Artist or producer associated with 62 portraits.
  • John Bostock (1808-1872), Painter. Artist or producer associated with 24 portraits.
  • Brooker & Harrison (active 1842-circa 1906), Printers. Artist or producer associated with 51 portraits.
  • Samuel William Reynolds Jr (1794-1872), Mezzotint engraver. Artist or producer associated with 71 portraits.

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Current affairs

Edwin Chadwick publishes his damning report, Sanitary Conditions of the Labouring Poor, which details the shocking living conditions of the urban poor and prompts government to take a new interest in public health issues.
A year-long depression and the rejection of the Chartist petition leads to riots, with workers striking in the Midlands, Lancashire, Yorkshire, and parts of Scotland.

Art and science

Mudie's Lending Library opens, becoming one of the largest circulating libraries in the period. Made popular by the otherwise high cost of books, it exerts a great influence over literature; both by maintaining the more costly 'three decker' novel structure, and acting as moral censor.
Richard Owen, the English biologist, comparative anatomist and palaeontologist, coins the term 'dinosaur', combining the Greek words for 'formidable' and 'reptile'.

International

Treaty of Nanjing, which allows China to trade with Britain and lends Hong Kong to the British crown for 150 years. In Afghanistan, the Anglo-Afghan war ends as the British abandon Kabul, withdrawing to India and losing most of their garrison force in the operation with only one member, Dr William Brydon, surviving.

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