John Gibson

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John Gibson

by Charles Edward Wagstaff, published by Paul and Dominic Colnaghi & Co, after Penry Williams
mezzotint and engraving, published August 1845
15 3/4 in. x 11 7/8 in. (401 mm x 302 mm) plate size; 22 5/8 in. x 17 1/8 in. (576 mm x 436 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1955
Reference Collection
NPG D34459

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  • John Gibson (1790-1866), Sculptor. Sitter in 25 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 12 portraits.

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  • Paul and Dominic Colnaghi & Co (active 1830-1890), Printsellers and publishers. Artist or producer associated with 104 portraits.
  • Charles Edward Wagstaff (1808-1850), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 44 portraits.
  • Penry Williams (1798-1885), Painter, watercolourist and engraver. Artist or producer associated with 1 portrait.

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Current affairs

Cardinal Newman converts to Roman Catholicism. A leader of the Oxford movement , growing in influence since the 1820s, Newman had raised doubts about the authority of the Anglican church.
Ralph Etwall, MP for Andover, demands an inquiry into the administration of the Andover workhouse, which leads to the abolition of the Poor Law Commission, and resolution of Parliament to improve workhouse conditions.

Art and science

The American poet, short story writer, critic and leader of the American Romantic movement, Edgar Allan Poe, publishes his narrative poem 'The Raven'. The poem is a supernatural tale of a mysterious talking raven's visit to a distraught lover, who descends into madness, and explores themes of self-torture and obsession.
The reconstruction of Trafalgar Square, by architects John Nash and Sir Charles Barry, is completed.

International

Sir John Franklin's expedition in search of the North-West passage, the sea route linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Franklin took two ships, the Erebus and the Terror, and a crew of 129 men made up Royal Navy officers. The crew never returned. Search parties sent out years later discovered the ships had got stuck in frozen waters, and that all the men had died.

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