William Innes
4 of 4 portraits by John Syme
© National Portrait Gallery, London
William Innes
by Henry Haig, printed by John Gellatly (Gallately or Gelletely), published by Alexander Crichton (Crighton), published by Henry Graves & Co, published by John Finlay, after John Syme
line engraving, published 1841-1844
16 in. x 12 1/8 in. (407 mm x 307 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Whitin Fund, 1955
Reference Collection
NPG D36448
Artistsback to top
- Alexander Crichton (Crighton) (active 1831-1853), Printseller and picture-frame maker. Artist or producer associated with 2 portraits.
- John Finlay (active 1835-1849), Carver, gilder and printseller. Artist or producer associated with 2 portraits.
- John Gellatly (Gallately or Gelletely) (before 1802-1859), Engraver and lithographic and copperplate printer. Artist or producer associated with 1 portrait.
- Henry Graves & Co (active 1844-1899), Publishers. Artist or producer associated with 257 portraits.
- Henry Haig (active 1841-1847), Printmaker. Artist or producer associated with 1 portrait.
- John Syme (1795-1861), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 4 portraits.
Placesback to top
- Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (64 Princes Street, Edinburgh; 6 Pall Mall, London; 49 Buchannan Street, Glasgow)
Events of 1841back to top
Current affairs
Sir Robert Peel's second term as Prime Minister. Peel replaces the Whig Prime Minister Lord Melbourne after a Conservative general election victory. The English comic periodical Punch is first published, under the auspices of engraver Ebenezer Landells and writer Henry Mayhew, and quickly establishes itself as a radical commentary on the arts, politics and current affairs, notable for its heavily satirised cartoons.Art and science
Thomas Carlyle publishes his set of lectures On Heroes and Hero Worship, in which he attempts to connect past heroic figures to significant figures form the present.William Henry Fox Talbot invents the calotype process, in which photographs were developed from negatives. This allowed for multiple copies of images to be made, and was the basis of modern, pre-digital, photographic processing.
International
Signing of the Straits Convention, an international agreement between Britain, France, Prussia, Austria, Russia and Turkey, denying access to non-Ottoman warships through the seas connecting the Mediterranean and the Black Seas, a major concession by Russia. Whilst signalling a spirit of co-operation, the convention emphasises the decline of the Ottoman Empire.Comments back to top
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