Edward Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
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© National Portrait Gallery, London
Edward Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
by Frederick Richard Say
oil on canvas, 1844
56 in. x 44 in. (1422 mm x 1118 mm)
Given by the sitter's grandson, Edward George Villiers Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby, 1918
Primary Collection
NPG 1806
Sitterback to top
- Edward Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799-1869), Prime Minister. Sitter in 105 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Frederick Richard Say (1805-1868), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 49 portraits.
This portraitback to top
This, like Say's portraits of Ellenborough and Newcastle, was commissioned by Sir Robert Peel for his 'Statemen's Gallery'.
Linked publicationsback to top
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- Lloyd, Stephen (ed.), Art, animals and politics : Knowsley and the Earls of Derby, 2016, p. 210
- Ormond, Richard, Early Victorian Portraits, 1973, p. 135
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 174
Events of 1844back to top
Current affairs
Britain experiences a railway boom. Peel's government passes a series of Acts creating provision of cheap, regular rail services. George Hudson, the first great railway entrepreneur, who controlled over 1,000 miles of railway track and whose enterprises made York a major commercial and transport hub, becomes known as 'the Railway King'.Art and science
Disraeli's Coningsby is published. The first of his 1840s 'Young England' trilogy, it was the cultural manifesto of Disraeli's vision for a new Conservativism.David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson set up their innovative and pioneering photography studio in Edinburgh, capturing portraits of both Scottish society figures and workers, as well as urban and rural landscape scenes.
International
Tensions continue to mount in Eastern Europe over Russian imperialist ambitions, as Tsar Nicholas I describes the Ottoman Empire as 'the Sick Man of Europe'.With the overthrow of the Haitians, the Spanish-speaking portion of the island of Hispaniola gains independence, as the Dominican Republic.
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