John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon
1 portrait of John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon
© National Portrait Gallery, London
John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon
by George Thomas Doo, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
line engraving, 1827 (1826)
12 7/8 in. x 10 3/8 in. (327 mm x 265 mm) paper size
Bequeathed by (Frederick) Leverton Harris, 1927
Reference Collection
NPG D15714
Sitterback to top
- John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon (1751-1838), Lord Chancellor. Sitter in 142 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- George Thomas Doo (1800-1886), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 32 portraits, Sitter in 2 portraits.
- Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), Portrait painter, collector and President of the Royal Academy. Artist or producer associated with 696 portraits, Sitter in 25 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D13691: John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon (based on same portrait)
- NPG D36132: John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon (based on same portrait)
- NPG 464: John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon (based on same portrait)
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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