Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Bt
1 portrait of Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Bt
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Bt
by and published by Charles Turner, and published by Colnaghi, Son & Co, printed by Lahee & Co, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mezzotint, published 20 March 1828
21 7/8 in. x 15 7/8 in. (555 mm x 403 mm) plate size; 25 3/8 in. x 18 1/2 in. (643 mm x 470 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1949
Reference Collection
NPG D39588
Sitterback to top
- Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Bt (1788-1850), Prime Minister. Sitter associated with 323 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Colnaghi, Son & Co (active 1826-1835), Publishers. Artist or producer associated with 74 portraits.
- Lahee & Co (active 1810-1852), Printers. Artist or producer associated with 17 portraits.
- Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), Portrait painter, collector and President of the Royal Academy. Artist or producer associated with 698 portraits, Sitter in 25 portraits.
- Charles Turner (1773-1857), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 634 portraits, Sitter in 2 portraits.
Placesback to top
- Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (50 Warren Street, Fitzroy Square, London)
- Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (Pall Mall East, London)
Events of 1828back to top
Current affairs
Duke of Wellington becomes Prime Minister.Madhouse Act attempts to regulate asylums and ensure new arrivals are genuinely insane.
Repeal of the Test Acts removes political restrictions from dissenters, allowing them to hold public office.
Art and science
London Zoological Gardens open in Regent's Park. They provide both entertainment and a supply of exotic specimens for naturalists and anatomists such as Richard Owen who becomes a European authority on the subject.International
Daniel O'Connell is elected Member of Parliament for County Clare but as a Catholic is not permitted to take his seat.Comments back to top
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