Peg Woffington
1 portrait by Octave L. Lacour
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Peg Woffington
by Octave L. Lacour, after Edward Haytley
wood engraving, late 19th century
9 5/8 in. x 7 3/8 in. (244 mm x 187 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D4876
Sitterback to top
- Margaret ('Peg') Woffington (1720?-1760), Actress. Sitter associated with 21 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Edward Haytley (active 1740-1764), Portrait and landscape painter. Artist or producer associated with 5 portraits.
- Octave L. Lacour (active 1887-1891). Artist or producer associated with 1 portrait.
Events of 1870back to top
Current affairs
William Edward Forster's Education Act is passed, making provisions for education for all under-13s. It demonstrated the balance in Gladstone's first ministry between progressive reform and conservativism by spreading literacy, whilst maintaining the status of Church schools.The Married Women's Property Act gives wives rights over their own earnings.
Art and science
The Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's fantasy-overture Romeo and Juliet, based on Shakespeare's play and written with the aid of composer Mily Balakirev, debuts in Moscow, conducted by Nikolai Rubenstein.W. G. Grace becomes cricket captain of Gloucestershire, marking the start of a successful decade for the club in which they won three 'Champion County' titles.
International
Isaac Butt, an Irish MP at Westminster, forms the Home Rule Association.The Franco-Prussian war breaks out between France and a coalition of German states led by Prussia. Provoked by the candidacy of German Prince Leopold Hohenzollen-Sigmaringen for the Spanish throne, France declared war in July after Bismark published the deliberately provocative Ems telegraph, in which the French were represented in an offensive light on the issue.
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