Sir Alexander Hope
1 portrait by William Walker
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir Alexander Hope
by and published by William Walker, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
stipple engraving, published 1825 (1810)
15 in. x 11 1/8 in. (382 mm x 282 mm) plate size; 19 3/8 in. x 15 in. (493 mm x 382 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D35979
Artistsback to top
- Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), Portrait painter, collector and President of the Royal Academy. Artist or producer associated with 698 portraits, Sitter in 25 portraits.
- William Walker (1791-1867), Photographer, engraver and publisher. Artist or producer associated with 131 portraits.
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Strikes, contract breaking and worker intimidation prompt the passing of a new Anti-Trade Union Combination Act to the dismay of economist John McCulloch, MP Joseph Hume and radical Francis Place who had worked for the repeal of the previous year.Catholic Relief Bill is rejected by the House of Lords.
Art and science
Construction of Thames Tunnel begins under the direction of Marc Isambard Brunel.Stockton to Darlington Railway, the world's first passenger system, opens.
William Hazlitt publishes The Spirit of the Age; twenty-five pen-portraits of his contemporaries in the world of literature, philosophy and politics.
International
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony premieres in London.John Quincy Adams is elected President of the United States.
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Diane L. Snider
28 January 2018, 04:44
General Sir Alexander Hope GCB (2 December 1769 – 19 May 1837) was a British Army officer who became the last Governor of the Royal Military College while it was at Great Marlow and the first after its move to Sandhurst.
He was the son of John Hope, 2nd Earl of Hopetoun.
He has a Wikipedia page.