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Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley; Mary, Queen of Scots

by Robert Dunkarton, published by Samuel Woodburn, after Renold or Reginold Elstrack (Elstracke)
mezzotint, published 1816
14 3/4 in. x 10 3/8 in. (375 mm x 265 mm) plate size; 17 1/4 in. x 12 3/4 in. (438 mm x 324 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D31822

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  • NPG D20253: Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley; Mary, Queen of Scots (from same plate)
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  • NPG D31823: Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley; Mary, Queen of Scots (from same plate)
  • NPG D31822: Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley; Mary, Queen of Scots (from same plate)
  • NPG D31822: Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley; Mary, Queen of Scots (from same plate)

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Marriage of Princess Charlotte to Leopold I.
Income Tax abolished.
Unsuccessful Spa Fields Riot led by the ultra-radical Arthur Thistlewood which aimed to attack the Tower of London and the Bank of England and set up a ruling 'Committee of Public Safety' following the French model.

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Jane Austen publishes Emma.
Leeds and Liverpool Canal completed.

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British Government buys the Elgin Marbles, taken from the Acropolis in Athens by Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, and brought to England between 1803 and 1812. Their acquisition prompts support from Thomas Lawrence and Benjamin Robert Haydon and condemnation from Lord Byron.
Slave rebellion fails in Barbados; four hundred slaves are executed.

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