Sir Michael Shaw-Stewart, 6th Bt

1 portrait by Colnaghi, Son & Co

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Sir Michael Shaw-Stewart, 6th Bt

by Samuel Cousins, published by Colnaghi, Son & Co, after Sir Henry Raeburn
mezzotint, published 1 November 1827
14 1/2 in. x 11 1/8 in. (367 mm x 282 mm) plate size; 15 3/8 in. x 12 1/8 in. (391 mm x 309 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D42148

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  • Colnaghi, Son & Co (active 1826-1835), Publishers. Artist or producer associated with 74 portraits.
  • Samuel Cousins (1801-1887), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 179 portraits, Sitter in 7 portraits.
  • Sir Henry Raeburn (1756-1823), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 76 portraits, Sitter in 3 portraits.

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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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