Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool

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Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool

by Henry Meyer, published by Robert Cribb, after John Hoppner
mezzotint, published 14 April 1815
13 7/8 in. x 17 5/8 in. (353 mm x 449 mm) plate size; 17 5/8 in. x 13 1/4 in. (449 mm x 335 mm) paper size
Given by Sir Herbert Henry Raphael, 1st Bt, 1913
Reference Collection
NPG D19293

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  • Robert Cribb (1755-1827), Framemaker, carver, gilder, printseller and publisher. Artist or producer associated with 22 portraits.
  • John Hoppner (1758-1810), Painter. Artist or producer associated with 217 portraits, Sitter in 13 portraits.
  • Henry Meyer (1782?-1847), Portrait painter and engraver. Artist or producer associated with 281 portraits.

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  • NPG D3596: Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (from same plate)
  • NPG D15706: Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (from same plate)
  • NPG D19279: Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (from same plate)
  • NPG D37372: Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (from same plate)

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Current affairs

John and James Leigh Hunt are released from prison after a two year sentence for slandering the Prince of Wales in their outspoken, radical periodical the Examiner.
Corn Laws are introduced to protect against the collapse in prices which would inevitably follow peace with France, prompting riots in London.

Art and science

Humphry Davy invents the miners' safety lamp though its reception is clouded by William Clanny and George Stephenson who present rival models in the same year.
British Institution arranges first in innovative series of Old Master exhibitions
provoking virulent attack on its patrons for neglecting contemporary art.

International

Napoleon returns to France from exile in Elba and resumes power until his abdication on 22 June; a period known as the 'Hundred Days'.
Battle of Waterloo concludes the Anglo-French struggle that had lasted more than a century. Peace of Vienna establishes Britain's global political, economic and imperial dominance which lasts for the next hundred years.

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