Robert Place

1 portrait by John Godefroy

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Robert Place

by John Godefroy, after Sir William Charles Ross
stipple engraving, 1829
12 1/8 in. x 9 3/8 in. (307 mm x 237 mm) plate size; 19 7/8 in. x 13 3/8 in. (504 mm x 339 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1961
Reference Collection
NPG D40257

Sitterback to top

  • Robert Place (active early 19th century), Soldier; Lieutenant-Colonel of 41st Regt. Sitter in 1 portrait.

Artistsback to top

  • John Godefroy (1771-1839), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 8 portraits.
  • Sir William Charles Ross (1794-1860), Miniature painter. Artist or producer associated with 97 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.

Placesback to top

  • Place made: France (3 Rue des Fossés Montmartre, près la Place des Victoires, Paris, France)

Subject/Themeback to top

Events of 1829back to top

Current affairs

Metropolitan police force of over three thousand paid, uniformed, professional policemen founded by Home Secretary Sir Robert Peel.
Roman Catholic Relief Act grants emancipation; Catholics admitted to vote, sit in parliament and hold almost all public offices.

Art and science

Success of George Stephenson's Rocket steam engine at Rainhill Trials.
First London bus service licensed; the new 'box-on-wheels' contributes greatly to the expansion of the suburbs.
Apsley House completed for the Duke of Wellington by Benjamin Wyatt.
First Oxford and Cambridge boat race.

International

Andrew Jackson is elected President of the United States.

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Philip John

25 May 2022, 09:59

SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / LIEU. COL. ROBERT PLACE, / OF HIS MAJESTY’S 41ST REGIMENT OF FOOT / BORN AT THE ABBEY IN THIS PARISH / WHO AFTER AN ACTIVE SERVICE OF 21 YEARS IN HIS MAJESTY’S ARMY, / DURING WHICH HE WAS ENGAGED ON THE EXPEDITION TO WALCHEREN / IN THE PENINSULAR WAR AND IN THE WEST AND EAST INDIES. / DIED AT VINGORLA ON THE COAST OF MALABAR, / ON THE 18TH JANUARY 1828, / AGED 40 YEARS / IN HIM WERE UNITED THE INTELLIGENT AND GALLANT SOLDIER, / THE CHEERFUL COMPANION AND THE TRUE CHIRSITIAN; / A KINDER HEART TOWARDS HIS FELLOW CREATURES / OR A MORE CALM INTREPID SPIRIT IN THE HOUR OF TRIAL / WAS NEVER CENTRED IN THE BREAST OF MAN / HIS UNTIMELY DEATH WILL BE LONG AND SINCERELY DEPLORED / BY HIS NUMBEROUS RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. / THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY MARGARET HIS DISCONSULATE WIDOW, / IN TESTIMONEY OF HER AFFECTION / FOR THE BEST AND FONDEST OF HUSBANDS.