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Sir Edward Banks

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Sir Edward Banks

by William Patten
oil on canvas, 1835
38 7/8 in. x 31 7/8 in. (987 mm x 810 mm)
Purchased, 1982
Primary Collection
NPG 5504

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  • William Patten (circa 1793-1843), Artist. Artist or producer associated with 11 portraits.

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Banks is shown here in a portrait probably commissioned to celebrate his knighthood in 1822. On the table is a plan for Waterloo Bridge (1811-17) which, along with London (1823-31) and Southwark Bridges (1814-19), were Banks's most celebrated achievements.

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Lord Melbourne, Whig, becomes Prime Minister following Peel's resignation. Melbourne's government took steps to suppress trade union activity, introducing legislation against 'illegal oaths', contributing to the failure of Robert Owen's Grand National Consolidated Trades' Union.

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Felix Dujardin, the French biologist, reveals protoplasm.
Work on the enlargement and remodelling of Buckingham House to designs by the architect John Nash is completed, creating Buckingham Palace.

International

Juan Manuel de Rosas becomes dictator of Argentina, invoking a seventeen year rule dominated by terror. A powerful cattle rancher, he represents the rise of the estancieros, the new landed oligarchy based on commercial ranching.

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