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John Hamilton Reynolds

1 of 14 portraits by Joseph Severn

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John Hamilton Reynolds

by Joseph Severn
watercolour on ivory, 1818
3 7/8 in. x 2 7/8 in. (99 mm x 73 mm)
Bequeathed by Penelope Sichel, 1975
Primary Collection
NPG 5052

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  • Joseph Severn (1793-1879), Painter and Civil Servant. Artist or producer associated with 14 portraits, Sitter associated with 3 portraits.

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This miniature was painted by Reynolds's friend Joseph Severn who is best known for his many portraits of Keats, before and after his untimely death.

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  • Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 518
  • Walker, Richard, Miniatures: 300 Years of the English Miniature, 1998, p. 97 Read entry

    Severn's portrait of J. H. Reynolds, another of Keats's close friends and correspondents, and one of the band of poets that gathered at the Keats's house in Hampstead, is dated 1818 and was probably painted there.

  • Walker, Richard, Regency Portraits, 1985, p. 412
  • Woof, Robert; Hebron, Stephen, Romantic Icons, 1999, p. 93

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Current affairs

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

Art and science

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.

International

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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