Sir Gore Ouseley, 1st Bt

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Sir Gore Ouseley, 1st Bt

by William Ridley, after Samuel Drummond
stipple engraving, published 1810
8 1/4 in. x 5 1/4 in. (210 mm x 133 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D5432

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  • Samuel Drummond (1765-1844), Portrait and history painter. Artist or producer associated with 62 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
  • William Ridley (1764-1838), Stipple engraver. Artist or producer associated with 126 portraits.

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  • NPG D5430: Sir Gore Ouseley, 1st Bt (from same plate)
  • NPG D5431: Sir Gore Ouseley, 1st Bt (from same plate)

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Current affairs

Serious 'Burdett and Liberty' riots break out in London in support of radical MP Sir Francis Burdett who had been arrested for denouncing the House of Common's decision to bar journalists from some debates.
Princess Amelia dies triggering renewed bout of illness in her father, George III.

Art and science

Sir Walter Scott publishes his chivalrous, medieval ballad, The Lady of the Lake, set on Loch Katrine in Perthshire.
Kennett and Avon Trunk Canal is completed.
First Savings Bank is set up by financier Henry Duncan.

International

Madame De Stael writes De l'Allemagne which portrays Germany as a model of Romantic nationalism for emerging revolutionary nations. It was banned by Napoleon but published in London to great acclaim.
Lisbon besieged. Wellington takes shelter behind the fortified lines of the Torres Vedras and the French army are forced to retreat.

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