John Samuel Murray
1 of 5 portraits of John Samuel Murray
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© National Portrait Gallery, London
John Samuel Murray
by William Brockedon
pencil and chalk, 1837
13 3/4 in. x 10 3/8 in. (349 mm x 263 mm)
Transferred from National Gallery, 1994
Primary Collection
NPG 2515(83)
Sitterback to top
- John Samuel Murray (1778-1843), Publisher. Sitter associated with 5 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 36 portraits.
Artistback to top
- William Brockedon (1787-1854), Painter, writer and inventor. Artist or producer associated with 112 portraits, Sitter in 2 portraits.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Ross, Josephine, Jane Austen and her World, 2017, p. 96
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 451
- Walker, Richard, Regency Portraits, 1985, p. 354
Events of 1837back to top
Current affairs
The controversial monarch William IV dies of pneumonia in June leaving no legitimate heirs, and is succeeded to the throne by his niece Victoria, one month after her eighteenth birthday.The Registration Act of Births, Marriages and Deaths makes it compulsory for all births, marriages and deaths to be registered at a Registry Office.
Art and science
Dickens's second novel Oliver Twist is serialised in Bentley's Magazine. The story of the orphan Oliver is an attack on the Poor Law Amendment Acts (1834), a highly contentious piece of legislation which abolished outdoor relief, effectively increasing entry in the workhouse. The novel, famously made into a musical in 1968, marks Dickens as an outspoken social critic as well as a highly popular and commercial writer.International
The Russian poet Aleksandr Pushkin is killed in a duel with Baron Georges d'Anthès. Considered the founder of modern Russian literature, Pushkin blended Old Slavonic with vernacular Russian and was the first Russian writer to use everyday speech in his poetry. His works include Eugene Onegin.Comments back to top
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