Frances 'Fanny' Burney

1 portrait by Edward Francisco Burney

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Frances 'Fanny' Burney

by Charles Turner, published by Paul and Dominic Colnaghi & Co, after Edward Francisco Burney
mezzotint, published 16 May 1840
Given by Henry Witte Martin, 1861
Reference Collection
NPG D930

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  • Edward Francisco Burney (1760-1848), Artist and cousin of Frances d'Arblay ('Fanny Burney'). Artist or producer associated with 19 portraits, Sitter associated with 1 portrait.
  • Paul and Dominic Colnaghi & Co (active 1830-1890), Printsellers and publishers. Artist or producer associated with 107 portraits.
  • Charles Turner (1773-1857), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 634 portraits, Sitter in 2 portraits.

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This engraving was made after the portrait of Burney by her cousin, artist and illustrator Edward Francisco Burney.

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  • NPG D13846: Frances 'Fanny' Burney (from same plate)
  • NPG D19818: Frances 'Fanny' Burney (from same plate)

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Current affairs

Victoria marries her cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; he is given the title of Prince Consort.
The Penny Black stamp is introduced by Rowland Hill; the first pre-paid, self-adhesive stamp, it marks the start of the modern postal system.
The start of the Irish potato famine, which by the time of its peak in 1851, had caused the deaths of one million, and contributed to the sharp rise of emigration from Ireland to England and America.

Art and science

Beau Brummel, the fashion leader responsible for sparking the culture of 'Dandyism', dies of syphilis.
The first stone is laid on the new Houses of Parliament, based on the gothic designs by the architects Charles Barry and Augustus Pugin. The old buildings had burned down in 1834, following a blaze caused by burning wooden tallies used by the Exchequer to calculate tax.

International

The Afghans surrender to Britain during the Afghan-British war (1839-42). The war was sparked by British fear over Russian influence in Afghanistan, with the British East India Company resolving to depose the Afghan leader, Dost Muhammad, who was insistent on Afghan independence, and restore the former leader Shoja Shah.
The Maoris yield sovereignty of New Zealand under the Treaty of Waitangi.

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John Hurd

23 July 2022, 12:17

I guess you know that the original portrait - with another of her husband Gen D'Arblay - and a sampler stitched by Fanny's mother - are exhibited in the Long Gallery at Parham, Sussex.