William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset

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William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset

by Robert Cooper, published by Lackington, Allen & Co, published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, after Harold Crease, after Robert Walker
stipple engraving, published 1 June 1815
14 5/8 in. x 10 3/8 in. (372 mm x 265 mm) plate size; 16 3/4 in. x 11 1/4 in. (425 mm x 285 mm) paper size
Given by the daughter of compiler William Fleming MD, Mary Elizabeth Stopford (née Fleming), 1931
Reference Collection
NPG D28173

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Artistsback to top

  • Robert Cooper (active 1795-died 1828), Historical and portrait engraver. Artist or producer associated with 195 portraits.
  • Harold Crease (born circa 1788), Miniature painter and draughtsman. Artist or producer associated with 18 portraits.
  • Lackington, Allen & Co (active 1815-1817), Publishers. Artist or producer associated with 48 portraits.
  • Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown (active 1815-1820), Publishers. Artist or producer associated with 98 portraits.
  • Robert Walker (1599-1658), Painter. Artist or producer associated with 143 portraits, Sitter in 3 portraits.

Related worksback to top

  • NPG D35730: William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset (from same plate)

Events of 1815back to top

Current affairs

John and James Leigh Hunt are released from prison after a two year sentence for slandering the Prince of Wales in their outspoken, radical periodical the Examiner.
Corn Laws are introduced to protect against the collapse in prices which would inevitably follow peace with France, prompting riots in London.

Art and science

Humphry Davy invents the miners' safety lamp though its reception is clouded by William Clanny and George Stephenson who present rival models in the same year.
British Institution arranges first in innovative series of Old Master exhibitions
provoking virulent attack on its patrons for neglecting contemporary art.

International

Napoleon returns to France from exile in Elba and resumes power until his abdication on 22 June; a period known as the 'Hundred Days'.
Battle of Waterloo concludes the Anglo-French struggle that had lasted more than a century. Peace of Vienna establishes Britain's global political, economic and imperial dominance which lasts for the next hundred years.

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