Gilbert Wakefield

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Gilbert Wakefield

by William Say, published by Joseph Johnson, after William Artaud
mezzotint, published 1 August 1804
7 3/4 in. x 4 7/8 in. (198 mm x 123 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D4585

Sitterback to top

  • Gilbert Wakefield (1756-1801), Scholar and controversialist. Sitter in 11 portraits.

Artistsback to top

  • William Artaud (1763-1823), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 19 portraits, Sitter in 2 portraits.
  • Joseph Johnson (1738-1809), Bookseller and publisher. Artist or producer associated with 6 portraits, Sitter in 2 portraits.
  • William Say (1768-1834), Mezzotint engraver. Artist or producer associated with 261 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.

Related worksback to top

  • NPG D4584: Gilbert Wakefield (from same plate)
  • NPG D4586: Gilbert Wakefield (from same plate)

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Events of 1804back to top

Current affairs

William Pitt returns to office and forms a second coalition administration, retaining many of those who had served under his predecessor Henry Addington but specifically excluding his arch rival Charles James Fox .

Art and science

William Blake starts writing Jerusalem. One of his most ambitious allegorical poems, it took nearly eight years to complete.
Amidst infighting about submissions to the annual exhibition, attempts are made to unseat painter Benjamin West as President of the Royal Academy and elect architect James Wyatt instead.

International

Napoleon declares himself Emperor of France and is crowned as Napoleon I by Pope Pius VII in Paris.
Haiti achieves independence led by Toussaint L'Ouverture, the patriot and martyr who had seized control from the French in 1801. He becomes a symbolic figure of freedom for the British anti-slavery movement.

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