Sir George Rooke
1 portrait by Thomas Blood
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir George Rooke
by Thomas Blood, published by Joyce Gold, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
stipple engraving, published June 1815
8 5/8 in. x 5 3/8 in. (220 mm x 138 mm) plate size
Given by the daughter of compiler William Fleming MD, Mary Elizabeth Stopford (née Fleming), 1931
Reference Collection
NPG D31212
Artistsback to top
- Thomas Blood (1777-1850), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 27 portraits.
- Joyce Gold (active 1799-1823), Publisher. Artist or producer associated with 14 portraits.
- Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt (1646-1723), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 1689 portraits, Sitter associated with 30 portraits.
Placesback to top
- Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (Naval Chronicle Office, 103 Shoe Lane, London)
Events of 1815back to top
Current affairs
John and James Leigh Hunt are released from prison after a two year sentence for slandering the Prince of Wales in their outspoken, radical periodical the Examiner.Corn Laws are introduced to protect against the collapse in prices which would inevitably follow peace with France, prompting riots in London.
Art and science
Humphry Davy invents the miners' safety lamp though its reception is clouded by William Clanny and George Stephenson who present rival models in the same year.British Institution arranges first in innovative series of Old Master exhibitions
provoking virulent attack on its patrons for neglecting contemporary art.
International
Napoleon returns to France from exile in Elba and resumes power until his abdication on 22 June; a period known as the 'Hundred Days'.Battle of Waterloo concludes the Anglo-French struggle that had lasted more than a century. Peace of Vienna establishes Britain's global political, economic and imperial dominance which lasts for the next hundred years.
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