Charles John Kean and Eleanora ('Ellen') Kean (née Tree) as Sir Walter and Lady Amyott in Lovell's 'The Wife's Secrets'

1 portrait of Eleanora ('Ellen') Kean (née Tree)

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Charles John Kean and Eleanora ('Ellen') Kean (née Tree) as Sir Walter and Lady Amyott in Lovell's 'The Wife's Secrets'

by Richard James Lane, after Alfred Edward Chalon
lithograph, published 1848
18 3/8 in. x 13 7/8 in. (468 mm x 353 mm) paper size
Given by Austin Lane Poole, 1956
Reference Collection
NPG D22014

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Artistsback to top

  • Alfred Edward Chalon (1780-1860), Portrait and subject painter. Artist or producer associated with 180 portraits, Sitter associated with 1 portrait.
  • Richard James Lane (1800-1872), Sculptor and lithographer. Artist or producer associated with 1226 portraits, Sitter in 6 portraits.

Related worksback to top

  • NPG D22241: Charles John Kean and Eleanora ('Ellen') Kean (née Tree) as Sir Walter and Lady Amyott in Lovell's 'The Wife's Secrets' (from same stone)
  • NPG D36755: Charles John Kean and Eleanora ('Ellen') Kean (née Tree) as Sir Walter and Lady Amyott in Lovell's 'The Wife's Secrets' (from same stone)

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Current affairs

Led by Feargus O'Connor, up to 50,000 Chartist members meet on Kennington Common, to form a procession and present another petition to Parliament. Although there was a large military and police presence, the rally was peaceful.

Art and science

The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood a group of English painters, poets and critics, is founded by John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Holman Hunt, intent on reforming art by rejecting the artists who imitated Raphael and Michelangelo. Instead, they advocated a return to a close observation of nature, invested with the intense detail, colours, and compositions of Quattrocento Italian and Flemish art, producing works layered with symbolism.

International

Following the fall of the French monarchy, revolutions take place in France, Germany and Italy, provoked by a widespread desire for political independence from repressive regimes, and a range of economic problems which had caused unemployment, food shortages and poverty. Louis Napoleon becomes the first President of France's Second Republic.
The first gold rush takes place in America, after gold is found on the Sacramento river, California.

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