William Freeman
1 portrait by Frederick Sandys
© National Portrait Gallery, London
William Freeman
by Frederick Sandys
lithograph, September 1848
18 1/4 in. x 13 3/4 in. (464 mm x 350 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D42063
Sitterback to top
- William Freeman (1784-1877), Printseller. Sitter in 1 portrait, Artist or producer associated with 4 portraits.
Artistback to top
- (Anthony) Frederick Augustus Sandys (1829-1904), Painter and illustrator. Artist or producer associated with 13 portraits, Sitter in 2 portraits.
Events of 1848back to top
Current affairs
Led by Feargus O'Connor, up to 50,000 Chartist members meet on Kennington Common, to form a procession and present another petition to Parliament. Although there was a large military and police presence, the rally was peaceful.Art and science
The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood a group of English painters, poets and critics, is founded by John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Holman Hunt, intent on reforming art by rejecting the artists who imitated Raphael and Michelangelo. Instead, they advocated a return to a close observation of nature, invested with the intense detail, colours, and compositions of Quattrocento Italian and Flemish art, producing works layered with symbolism.International
Following the fall of the French monarchy, revolutions take place in France, Germany and Italy, provoked by a widespread desire for political independence from repressive regimes, and a range of economic problems which had caused unemployment, food shortages and poverty. Louis Napoleon becomes the first President of France's Second Republic.The first gold rush takes place in America, after gold is found on the Sacramento river, California.
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Christina Corsiglia
24 June 2017, 23:44
There are images of two different sitters, both of whom are catalogued as being Sir Edward Hardinge John Stracey after Frederick Sandys D42063 and D42062, (as well as D21717 and D22282). The lithographs in question, the first published in 1848, the others in 1849, clearly represent two different individuals. Is there any way to determine which represents Sir Edward Hardinge Stracey?