John Duke Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge
17 of 28 portraits by Charles Holl
© National Portrait Gallery, London
John Duke Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge
by Charles Holl, after Jane (née Fortescue Seymour), Lady Coleridge
stipple engraving, 1870 or after
11 5/8 in. x 8 7/8 in. (295 mm x 227 mm) plate size; 21 5/8 in. x 15 1/4 in. (549 mm x 386 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1962
Reference Collection
NPG D34026
Sitterback to top
- John Duke Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge (1820-1894), Judge. Sitter in 11 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Jane (née Fortescue Seymour), Lady Coleridge (1824-1878), Artist and first wife of 1st Baron Coleridge. Artist or producer associated with 3 portraits.
- Charles Holl (circa 1810-1882), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 28 portraits.
Events of 1870back to top
Current affairs
William Edward Forster's Education Act is passed, making provisions for education for all under-13s. It demonstrated the balance in Gladstone's first ministry between progressive reform and conservativism by spreading literacy, whilst maintaining the status of Church schools.The Married Women's Property Act gives wives rights over their own earnings.
Art and science
The Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's fantasy-overture Romeo and Juliet, based on Shakespeare's play and written with the aid of composer Mily Balakirev, debuts in Moscow, conducted by Nikolai Rubenstein.W. G. Grace becomes cricket captain of Gloucestershire, marking the start of a successful decade for the club in which they won three 'Champion County' titles.
International
Isaac Butt, an Irish MP at Westminster, forms the Home Rule Association.The Franco-Prussian war breaks out between France and a coalition of German states led by Prussia. Provoked by the candidacy of German Prince Leopold Hohenzollen-Sigmaringen for the Spanish throne, France declared war in July after Bismark published the deliberately provocative Ems telegraph, in which the French were represented in an offensive light on the issue.
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