Anne Louise Germaine (née Necker), Madame de Staël-Hollstein
1 portrait by François Le Villain
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Anne Louise Germaine (née Necker), Madame de Staël-Hollstein
by Antoine Maurin, printed by François Le Villain, published by Edward Bull, published by Edward Churton, after Elisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun
hand-coloured lithograph, 1833
19 1/4 in. x 14 1/8 in. (488 mm x 358 mm) paper size
Given by the daughter of compiler William Fleming MD, Mary Elizabeth Stopford (née Fleming), 1931
Reference Collection
NPG D34622
Sitterback to top
- Anne Louise Germaine (née Necker), Madame de Staël-Hollstein (1766-1817), Novelist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Edward Bull (active circa 1800-1841), Publisher. Artist or producer associated with 27 portraits.
- Edward Churton (1812-1885), Publisher. Artist or producer associated with 21 portraits.
- François Le Villain (active 1820s-1830s), Lithographic printer. Artist or producer associated with 26 portraits.
- Antoine Maurin (1793-1860), Lithographer. Artist or producer associated with 20 portraits.
- Elisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun (1755-1842), Painter. Artist or producer associated with 19 portraits, Sitter in 3 portraits.
Placesback to top
- Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (26 Holles Street, Cavendish Square, London)
Events of 1833back to top
Current affairs
Shaftesbury's Factory Act is passed regulating women's hours and providing for the education of children working in the textile industry.Bank Act is passed, making Bank of England notes Britain's legal tender.
Art and science
Charles Lamb publishes Last Essays of Elia after the enormous success of his earlier Essays. A comic allegorization of his humdrum clerical job they become one of the period's literary sensations.Charles Dickens begins his series Sketches by Boz in the Monthly Magazine.
International
Abolition of slavery in the British Empire; 780,000 slaves are freed, £20 million is allocated as compensation for slave owners and a six year apprenticeship system for freed slaves is established.Comments back to top
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