Maria Rebecca Davison (née Duncan)
2 of 7 portraits by William McDowall
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Maria Rebecca Davison (née Duncan)
by Robert Cooper, published by William McDowall, after Michael William Sharp
hand-coloured stipple engraving, published 1 March 1827
13 3/8 in. x 9 1/2 in. (339 mm x 240 mm) plate size; 16 7/8 in. x 12 1/8 in. (430 mm x 307 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D34820
Sitterback to top
- Maria Rebecca Davison (née Duncan) (1783-1858), Actress. Sitter associated with 12 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Robert Cooper (active 1795-died 1828), Historical and portrait engraver. Artist or producer associated with 195 portraits.
- William McDowall, Publisher. Artist or producer associated with 7 portraits.
- Michael William Sharp (1776 or 1777-1840), Portrait and subject painter. Artist or producer associated with 11 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D34819: Maria Rebecca Davison (née Duncan) (from same plate)
- NPG D34821: Maria Rebecca Davison (née Duncan) (from same plate)
Placesback to top
- Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (20 Great Newport Street, Long Acre, London)
Events of 1827back to top
Current affairs
Lord Liverpool suffers a stroke and is forced to resign as Prime Minister. George Canning succeeds him only to die after four months in office.Art and science
University College London, the first metropolitan university in England, is founded specifically to educate dissenters excluded from Oxford and Cambridge. Whig politician Henry Brougham, writer Thomas Campbell and financier and philanthropist Isaac Goldsmid are its principal patrons.International
Britain, France and Russia sign a treaty in London agreeing to intervene in the Greek War of Independence. Allied troops under General Edward Codrington subsequently destroy Turkish and Egyptian fleets at the Battle of Navarino.Western Australia is explored for the first time by Captain Stirling.
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