'Marriage of the Princess Charlotte of Wales to Prince Leopold of Saxe-Cobourg'

1 portrait of Robert Stewart, 2nd Marquess of Londonderry (Lord Castlereagh)

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'Marriage of the Princess Charlotte of Wales to Prince Leopold of Saxe-Cobourg'

by Robert Hicks, published by Nuttall, Fisher & Dixon, after William Marshall Craig
stipple and line engraving, published April 1818
5 1/8 in. x 7 7/8 in. (131 mm x 201 mm) paper size
Bequeathed by (Frederick) Leverton Harris, 1927
Reference Collection
NPG D16053

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Death of Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, George III's Queen since 1761.
Official enquiry initiated into Queen Caroline's conduct abroad.

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Mary Shelley anonymously publishes her masterpiece Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus which reflects growing concern about the role of morality in science.
Lord Byron completes his romance Childe Harolde's Pilgrimage, whose gloomy, dissolute hero was probably based on the writer himself.

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Stamford Raffles acquires authorisation to construct a fort at Singapore marking the beginning of its development as a centre of East-West trade.
Congress of European Alliance at Aix-La-Chapelle. Lord Castlereagh plays a central role in establishing a pan-Europe peace settlement to bring a chastened France back into the world of political respectability.

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Julian Hicks

03 April 2018, 09:13

I believe my 3rd Great Grandfather Robert Hicks engraved the 9 pictures in which in the name Robert Hicks was mentioned. I have no real proof other than he is named in the census returns and on his death certificate as an Historical Engraver. He was born in Bramley, Surrey ,the son of a tanner John Hicks in 1786, died in Swinton Street if the Grays End Road in 1864. His son Julian Shirlock Bult Hicks became a well known scenic artist , working with Henry Hawes Craven Green among others. Julian's son's Julian Robert Alexander , and George Frederick were also scenic artist and the other sons were model makers while several daughters also worked in theatre as singers/actors or dress makers. I am still trying to find a connection between Robert and the publishing company.