Mary Ann Weld-Forester (née Jervis), Lady Forester
1 portrait by Henry Brett
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Mary Ann Weld-Forester (née Jervis), Lady Forester
by Henry Brett, published by Edward Bull, published by Edward Churton, after James Godsell Middleton
stipple engraving, published May 1834
Reference Collection
NPG D6858
Sitterback to top
- Mary Ann Weld-Forester (née Jervis), Lady Forester (died 1893), Wife of 3rd Baron Forester. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Artistsback to top
- Henry Brett (active 1834), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 1 portrait.
- Edward Bull (active circa 1800-1841), Publisher. Artist or producer associated with 27 portraits.
- Edward Churton (1812-1885), Publisher. Artist or producer associated with 21 portraits.
- James Godsell Middleton (circa 1805-1874), Painter. Artist or producer associated with 5 portraits.
Placesback to top
- Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (26 Holles Street, Cavendish Square, London)
Events of 1834back to top
Current affairs
Sir Robert Peel, Tory, replaces Whig Lord Melbourne as Prime Minister, promising measured reform in a shift from reactionary 'Tory' to more measured 'Conservative' politics (he had voted for the 1832 Reform Act).Trial of Tolpuddle Martyrs, six labourers transported to Australia after trying to raise funds for workers in need by forming a Friendly Society.
Art and science
Charles Babbage's invents the Analytic Machine. Considered to be the forerunner to the modern computer, the machine was able to make automatic mathematical calculations.Edward Bulwer-Lytton publishes his hugely popular, but now largely neglected, novel Last Days of Pompeii, set in the Italian city at the time of Mount Vesuvius' eruption in 79AD.
International
Dom Miguel I, King of Portugal, is defeated by his brother Pedro IV, in the Portuguese civil war.Slavery is abolished in the British dominions, although slaves still working are indentured to their former owners in an 'apprenticeship' system; the philanthropist Joseph Sturge was a prominent critic of the policy, which was abolished in 1838. Whilst slave owners received compensation, slaves received nothing.
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