Henry Labouchere, Baron Taunton

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Henry Labouchere, Baron Taunton

by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after Joseph Slater
stipple engraving, (1828)
11 in. x 9 in. (279 mm x 228 mm) plate size; 22 1/8 in. x 15 in. (562 mm x 382 mm) paper size
Given by Grillion's Club, 1903
Reference Collection
NPG D20626

Sitterback to top

  • Henry Labouchere, Baron Taunton (1798-1869), Politician; MP for Taunton, President of the Board of Trade and Secretary of State for the Colonies. Sitter in 12 portraits.

Artistsback to top

  • Frederick Christian Lewis Sr (1779-1856), Engraver and landscape painter. Artist or producer associated with 192 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
  • Joseph Slater (circa 1779-1837), Painter and draughtsman. Artist or producer associated with 127 portraits.

Related worksback to top

  • NPG D40822: Henry Labouchere, Baron Taunton (from same plate)

Events of 1828back to top

Current affairs

Duke of Wellington becomes Prime Minister.
Madhouse Act attempts to regulate asylums and ensure new arrivals are genuinely insane.
Repeal of the Test Acts removes political restrictions from dissenters, allowing them to hold public office.

Art and science

London Zoological Gardens open in Regent's Park. They provide both entertainment and a supply of exotic specimens for naturalists and anatomists such as Richard Owen who becomes a European authority on the subject.

International

Daniel O'Connell is elected Member of Parliament for County Clare but as a Catholic is not permitted to take his seat.

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