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Nicolas Poussin

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Nicolas Poussin

by John Corner, published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, and published by Lackington, Allen & Co, after Nicolas Poussin
line engraving, published 1 January 1816
10 1/2 in. x 8 in. (268 mm x 204 mm) plate size; 11 1/8 in. x 8 5/8 in. (283 mm x 219 mm) paper size
Bequeathed by (Frederick) Leverton Harris, 1927
Reference Collection
NPG D14132

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  • Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665), Artist. Sitter in 1 portrait, Artist or producer associated with 6 portraits.

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  • John Corner (active 1788-1825), Printmaker. Artist or producer associated with 10 portraits.
  • Lackington, Allen & Co (active 1815-1817), Publishers. Artist or producer associated with 48 portraits.
  • Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown (active 1815-1820), Publishers. Artist or producer associated with 98 portraits.
  • Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665), Artist. Artist or producer associated with 6 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.

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Current affairs

Marriage of Princess Charlotte to Leopold I.
Income Tax abolished.
Unsuccessful Spa Fields Riot led by the ultra-radical Arthur Thistlewood which aimed to attack the Tower of London and the Bank of England and set up a ruling 'Committee of Public Safety' following the French model.

Art and science

Jane Austen publishes Emma.
Leeds and Liverpool Canal completed.

International

British Government buys the Elgin Marbles, taken from the Acropolis in Athens by Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, and brought to England between 1803 and 1812. Their acquisition prompts support from Thomas Lawrence and Benjamin Robert Haydon and condemnation from Lord Byron.
Slave rebellion fails in Barbados; four hundred slaves are executed.

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