Eadey Frewer (née Jacob)
1 portrait by William Camden Edwards
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Eadey Frewer (née Jacob)
by William Camden Edwards, after Joseph Clover
line engraving, 1818
10 7/8 in. x 8 7/8 in. (276 mm x 225 mm) plate size; 14 1/2 in. x 10 in. (367 mm x 255 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D38435
Sitterback to top
- Eadey Frewer (née Jacob) (1779 or 1780-1816), Teacher of drawing at Norwich. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Artistsback to top
- Joseph Clover (1779-1853). Artist or producer associated with 5 portraits.
- William Camden Edwards (1777-1855), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 47 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
Events of 1818back to top
Current affairs
Death of Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, George III's Queen since 1761.Official enquiry initiated into Queen Caroline's conduct abroad.
Art and science
Mary Shelley anonymously publishes her masterpiece Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus which reflects growing concern about the role of morality in science.Lord Byron completes his romance Childe Harolde's Pilgrimage, whose gloomy, dissolute hero was probably based on the writer himself.
International
Stamford Raffles acquires authorisation to construct a fort at Singapore marking the beginning of its development as a centre of East-West trade.Congress of European Alliance at Aix-La-Chapelle. Lord Castlereagh plays a central role in establishing a pan-Europe peace settlement to bring a chastened France back into the world of political respectability.
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