Sir Augustus William James Clifford, 1st Bt

1 portrait by William Giller

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Sir Augustus William James Clifford, 1st Bt

by William Giller, after Frederick Richard Say
mezzotint, published 1844
19 3/8 in. x 14 1/2 in. (493 mm x 368 mm) plate size; 27 in. x 19 5/8 in. (687 mm x 500 mm) paper size
Given by Dodie Masterman, 1964
Reference Collection
NPG D33452

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  • William Giller (1805-circa 1868), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 16 portraits.
  • Frederick Richard Say (1805-1868), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 49 portraits.

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Current affairs

Britain experiences a railway boom. Peel's government passes a series of Acts creating provision of cheap, regular rail services. George Hudson, the first great railway entrepreneur, who controlled over 1,000 miles of railway track and whose enterprises made York a major commercial and transport hub, becomes known as 'the Railway King'.

Art and science

Disraeli's Coningsby is published. The first of his 1840s 'Young England' trilogy, it was the cultural manifesto of Disraeli's vision for a new Conservativism.
David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson set up their innovative and pioneering photography studio in Edinburgh, capturing portraits of both Scottish society figures and workers, as well as urban and rural landscape scenes.

International

Tensions continue to mount in Eastern Europe over Russian imperialist ambitions, as Tsar Nicholas I describes the Ottoman Empire as 'the Sick Man of Europe'.
With the overthrow of the Haitians, the Spanish-speaking portion of the island of Hispaniola gains independence, as the Dominican Republic.

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Jeffery Scovell

03 March 2018, 11:33

Hello,
Do you know that the original or a copy of this painting is in the collection of the Palace of Westminster ref. WOA 3641. In a book that Augustus Clifford wrote in 1862 he says that there is a portrait of himself by Say hanging at his home, Westfield House in Ryde on the Isle of Wight, which is probably the original of this. I've contacted the Palace of Westminster as I am not sure they know who the artist of their portrait is. Augustus has a Wikipedia entry that also uses this portrait. You also have a photo of Augustus taken in Ryde where he lived.
Regards,
Jeff Scovell