Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester
1 portrait by Thomas Anthony Dean
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester
by Thomas Anthony Dean, published by Harding & Lepard, after William Derby, after Sir Peter Lely
stipple engraving, published 25 December 1827
16 in. x 10 in. (407 mm x 254 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D38184
Sitterback to top
- Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester (1602-1671), Lord Chamberlain and parliamentarian army officer. Sitter associated with 20 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Thomas Anthony Dean (1801-1860), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 66 portraits.
- William Derby (1786-1847), Watercolour and miniature painter. Artist or producer associated with 133 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Harding & Lepard (active 1826-1836), Publishers. Artist or producer associated with 73 portraits.
- Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 843 portraits, Sitter in 19 portraits.
Events of 1827back to top
Current affairs
Lord Liverpool suffers a stroke and is forced to resign as Prime Minister. George Canning succeeds him only to die after four months in office.Art and science
University College London, the first metropolitan university in England, is founded specifically to educate dissenters excluded from Oxford and Cambridge. Whig politician Henry Brougham, writer Thomas Campbell and financier and philanthropist Isaac Goldsmid are its principal patrons.International
Britain, France and Russia sign a treaty in London agreeing to intervene in the Greek War of Independence. Allied troops under General Edward Codrington subsequently destroy Turkish and Egyptian fleets at the Battle of Navarino.Western Australia is explored for the first time by Captain Stirling.
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