James Freshfield
1 portrait of James Freshfield
© National Portrait Gallery, London
James Freshfield
by Francis Holl, after George Richmond
stipple engraving, (1846)
20 1/4 in. x 12 7/8 in. (514 mm x 328 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1971
Reference Collection
NPG D38434
Artistsback to top
- Francis Holl (1815-1884), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 103 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
- George Richmond (1809-1896), Portrait painter and draughtsman; son of Thomas Richmond. Artist or producer associated with 337 portraits, Sitter in 14 portraits.
Events of 1846back to top
Current affairs
The Conservative Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel divides his own party by repealing the unpopular Corn Laws, which prohibited the import of cheap grain from overseas, viewed by many as causing the famines in Ireland (which peaked in this year), as well as domestic hardships following a bad harvest. Peel, defeated on a separate issue, resigns. The Whig Earl Russell becomes Prime Minister.Art and science
Ether is used for the first time as anaesthetic in an operation by the dentist William Morton, while surgeon John Collins Warren removes a tumor on a patient's neck.Edward Lear, the popular humourist and artist, and author of illustrated nonsense verse (including 'The Owl and the Pussycat'), publishes his Book of Nonsense.
International
The first Anglo-Sikh war ends with the Treaty of Lahore, by which Jammu and Kashmir are ceded to the British. The war had been fought between the Sikh kingdom of the Punjab and the British East India Company, with conflict escalating after internal disorder in the Punjab led the East India Company to increase their military presence on the border.Comments back to top
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Charles Matthews
15 November 2016, 17:42
James William Freshfield (1801–1857), from the family of noted solicitors (ODNB). After one of a pair of drawings by Richmond, of Freshfield and his wife Mary Anne (nee Dawes)