Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde; Sir James Hope Grant; William Rose Mansfield, 1st Baron Sandhurst
1 portrait of Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde
Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde; Sir James Hope Grant; William Rose Mansfield, 1st Baron Sandhurst
by Henry Hering
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1862
3 3/8 in. x 2 3/8 in. (86 mm x 59 mm) image size
Given by an anonymous donor, 1947
Photographs Collection
NPG x128697
Sittersback to top
- Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde (1792-1863), Field Marshal. Sitter in 28 portraits. Identify
- Sir James Hope Grant (1808-1875), General; brother of Sir Francis Grant. Sitter in 8 portraits. Identify
- William Rose Mansfield, 1st Baron Sandhurst (1819-1876), General. Sitter in 5 portraits. Identify
Artistback to top
- Henry Hering (1814-1893), Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 54 portraits.
Events of 1862back to top
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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