Robert Stephens McAll

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Robert Stephens McAll

by William Ward, published by Thomas Agnew, after John Bostock
mezzotint, published September 1837
20 3/8 in. x 15 1/2 in. (519 mm x 395 mm) plate size; 27 in. x 19 7/8 in. (686 mm x 505 mm) paper size
Given by Messrs Thomas Agnew, 1932
Reference Collection
NPG D38060

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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.
  • William Ward (1766-1826), Engraver; father of William James Ward. Artist or producer associated with 170 portraits.

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The controversial monarch William IV dies of pneumonia in June leaving no legitimate heirs, and is succeeded to the throne by his niece Victoria, one month after her eighteenth birthday.
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Dickens's second novel Oliver Twist is serialised in Bentley's Magazine. The story of the orphan Oliver is an attack on the Poor Law Amendment Acts (1834), a highly contentious piece of legislation which abolished outdoor relief, effectively increasing entry in the workhouse. The novel, famously made into a musical in 1968, marks Dickens as an outspoken social critic as well as a highly popular and commercial writer.

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The Russian poet Aleksandr Pushkin is killed in a duel with Baron Georges d'Anthès. Considered the founder of modern Russian literature, Pushkin blended Old Slavonic with vernacular Russian and was the first Russian writer to use everyday speech in his poetry. His works include Eugene Onegin.

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Graham McAll

01 April 2020, 13:39

Robert Stephens McAll, Congregationalist Minister, oldest son of Robert McAll (b1765) and Jane Ley (b1769 m1791). He married Sarah Whittaker (b1784 d1858) in 1815. Three children Sarah (b1817 d1817) Eliza Jane (b1818 d?1838) and Robert Whitaker (b1821d1893). Robert Whitaker became well known for the McAll Mission in France (today the Mission Populaire Evangelique de France). LS Lowry's father was Robert Stephens McAll Lowry and his mother Eliza. There is some uncertainty but perhaps Robert was LS Lowry's maternal grandfather.