Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

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Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

by Francis Holl, published by John Mitchell, after Edward Henry Corbould, after a photograph by Frances Sally Day
stipple and line engraving, published 1 July 1862 (1859)
15 1/2 in. x 10 1/4 in. (395 mm x 259 mm) plate size; 15 7/8 in. x 10 1/2 in. (403 mm x 266 mm) paper size
Given by Sir Herbert Henry Raphael, 1st Bt, 1913
Reference Collection
NPG D19783

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  • Edward Henry Corbould (1815-1905), Watercolour painter. Artist or producer associated with 4 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
  • Frances Sally Day (circa 1816-1892), Portrait painter and photographer; daughter of Hamilton Smith Day. Artist or producer associated with 4 portraits.
  • Francis Holl (1815-1884), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 102 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
  • John Mitchell (active 1832-died 1889), Publisher. Artist or producer associated with 206 portraits.

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  • NPG D10865: Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (from same plate)

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Current affairs

The Lancashire cotton famine, a depression in the north-west textile industry brought about by the American civil war, reaches its climax. With large numbers of mills closing after Confederate blockades halted cotton supplies, many Lancashire families were in receipt of relief.

Art and science

Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard carry out the first pasteurisation tests, the process of heating liquids at 55 degree Celsius or higher for short periods of time, destroying viruses and harmful organisms such as bacteria and yeast. .
Victor Hugo's novel Les Miserables is published, covering the Napoleonic wars. It traces the ex-convict Jean Valjean's character against wider questions of social and political justice, duty and love.

International

Otto Eduard Leopold Bismarck becomes Minister-President of Prussia, appointed by Wilhelm I after the liberal Diet refused to authorise funding for a proposed reorganisation of the army. Bismarck, intent on maintaining royal supremacy, engineers the Unification of Germany during his time in office.
John Hanning Speke claims to have found the source of the Nile, proving that the Victoria Nile issued from the north end of lake Victoria, over Ripon Falls.

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