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Sir William Nott

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Sir William Nott

by George Thomas Payne, published by Joseph Sandell Welch, sold by Benjamin Jones, after John Deffett Francis
mezzotint, published 12 May 1845
15 1/8 in. x 11 3/4 in. (385 mm x 297 mm) plate size; 24 3/4 in. x 19 1/8 in. (629 mm x 485 mm) paper size
Given by Royal Hospital Chelsea, 1962
Reference Collection
NPG D39325

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  • Sir William Nott (1782-1845), Army officer in the East India Company. Sitter in 1 portrait.

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  • John Deffett Francis (1815-1901), Artist and collector. Artist or producer associated with 9 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
  • Benjamin Jones (active 1844-1855), Printer. Artist or producer associated with 1 portrait.
  • George Thomas Payne (active 1838-1855), Mezzotint engraver. Artist or producer associated with 19 portraits.
  • Joseph Sandell Welch (active 1847-1850), Printseller. Artist or producer associated with 5 portraits.

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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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