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Thomas Slingsby Duncombe
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Thomas Slingsby Duncombe
by James Warren Childe
pencil and watercolour, 1836
10 5/8 in. x 8 1/8 in. (270 mm x 207 mm)
Given by Claud Lovat Fraser, 1912
Primary Collection
NPG 1651a
Sitterback to top
- Thomas Slingsby Duncombe (1796-1861), Radical politician; MP for Hertford and Finsbury. Sitter in 12 portraits.
Artistback to top
- James Warren Childe (1778-1862), Artist. Artist or producer associated with 18 portraits.
This portraitback to top
More detailed information from an out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Ormond, Richard, Early Victorian Portraits, 1973, p. 150
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 190
Events of 1836back to top
Current affairs
William Lovett founds the Working Men's Association, the precursor to Chartism, with the aim to achieving equal social and political rights between men of all classes.A reduction in stamp duty from 4d to 1d helps to keep unstamped newspapers off the street, and leads to wider circulation of legal newspapers.
The first railway line is built in London, connecting to Greenwich and operated by the London Greenwich Railway (LGR).
Art and science
The American poet and writer Ralph Waldo Emerson outlines his theory of transcendentalism in Nature, in which he argues for individualism above traditional authority, stressing the infinitude of the private self and the possibility of achieving an original relation to the universe.The German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer publishes On the Will in Nature, a precursor to his famous The World as Will and Representation.
International
Texas declares its independence from Mexico following a series of battles, including those at the Alamo and Goliad. Sam Houston is the first president of Texas, serving both in 1836-38 and 1841-44.The city of Adelaide is founded in Australia, at the mouth of the Torrens river, named in honour of Queen Adelaide, consort of William IV.
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