Anna Constantia (née Beresford), Lady Thynne; Selina Thynne; Emily Thynne
1 of 2 portraits of Emily Thynne
Anna Constantia (née Beresford), Lady Thynne; Selina Thynne; Emily Thynne
by Richard James Lane
lithograph, 1850
14 in. x 11 3/8 in. (357 mm x 290 mm) paper size
Given by Austin Lane Poole, 1956
Reference Collection
NPG D21996
Sittersback to top
- Anna Constantia (née Beresford), Lady Thynne (1806-1866), Wife of Reverend Lord John Thynne. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Emily Thynne, Daughter of Anna Constantia (née Beresford), Lady Thynne. Sitter in 2 portraits.
- Selina Thynne, Daughter of Anna Constantia (née Beresford), Lady Thynne. Sitter in 2 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Richard James Lane (1800-1872), Sculptor and lithographer. Artist or producer associated with 1226 portraits, Sitter in 6 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D22288: Anna Constantia (née Beresford), Lady Thynne; Selina Thynne; Emily Thynne (from same plate)
Events of 1850back to top
Current affairs
Cardinal Wiseman, a Catholic priest who had exerted a strong influence on the Oxford movement, is made a Cardinal and leader of the Catholic church in England, thus restoring Roman Catholic hierarchy in England.Art and science
Death of poet laureate William Wordsworth; his great autobiographical poem The Prelude is published posthumously, famously charting the growth of the poet's mind.Tennyson's In Memoriam is also published. A poignant record of his grief over the death of his friend Arthur Hallam, the poem also movingly questions the strength of faith in an increasingly scientific age.
International
Up to 50,000 pioneers travel west in wagons on the Oregon trail in the United States, one of the main overland migration routes across the continent. Spanning over half the continent, the trail led 2,170 miles through territories and land which would later become six US states, including Kansas, Wyoming and Oregon, helping the US to implement its goal of Manifest Destiny - building a nation spanning the North American continent.Comments back to top
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