Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant-Duff
8 of 11 portraits by William Roffe
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant-Duff
by William Roffe, after Henry Tanworth Wells
stipple engraving, 1889 or after
11 7/8 in. x 9 in. (303 mm x 228 mm) plate size; 22 1/2 in. x 17 1/2 in. (570 mm x 446 mm) paper size
Purchased, 1929
Reference Collection
NPG D9724
Sitterback to top
- Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant-Duff (1829-1906), Statesman and author. Sitter in 7 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- William Roffe (active 1889-1893), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 11 portraits.
- Henry Tanworth Wells (1828-1903), Miniature and portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 107 portraits, Sitter in 8 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D2796: Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant-Duff (from same plate)
- NPG D20735: Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant-Duff (from same plate)
Events of 1889back to top
Current affairs
The London Dock strike takes place resulting in a victory for the dock workers striking over pay and conditions.Prevention of Cruelty to Children Act, allowing legal intervention between children and parents for the first time.
Charles Booth, the English social scientist, publishes the first volume of Life and Labour of the People, an extensive survey into the living conditions of London's East End working class communities.
Art and science
George Gissing's The Nether World, a dark account of the lives of the urban poor in Clerkenwell, is published. Gissing absorbs the French naturalist style of writers such as Emile Zola to produce a harshly realistic observation of life in London at the end of the nineteenth century.International
The Eiffel Tower is erected, designed by the French engineer and bridge builder Alexandre Gustave Eiffel for the Paris Exposition. At 300m high, it was the tallest manmade structure in the world at the time.The Second International organisation is formed at a Congress in Paris by various socialist and labour parties, with the intention of working together for international socialism. It also declared 1 May International Labour Day.
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