John Fawcett
1 portrait of John Fawcett
© National Portrait Gallery, London
John Fawcett
by W. Joseph Edwards, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
line engraving, 1854 (1828)
14 3/8 in. x 10 7/8 in. (366 mm x 276 mm) plate size; 16 3/8 in. x 12 3/4 in. (417 mm x 325 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D36674
Sitterback to top
- John Fawcett (1768-1837), Actor and dramatist. Sitter associated with 12 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- W. Joseph Edwards (active 1840-1867), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 37 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), Portrait painter, collector and President of the Royal Academy. Artist or producer associated with 696 portraits, Sitter in 25 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D36672: John Fawcett (from same plate)
- NPG 692: John Fawcett (after)
- NPG D36673: John Fawcett (from same plate)
Events of 1854back to top
Current affairs
The Working Men's College in London is founded by Frederick Maurice, who along with Charles Kingsley, a leading proponent of Christian Socialism, mocked by its opponents as 'muscular Christianity'. Christian Socialism attempted to combine the fundamental aims of socialism with the ethics of Christianity.William Howard Russell is sent to cover the Crimean war by his paper, The Times; his dispatches mark the start of modern war correspondence.
Art and science
The artist William Powell Frith paints his famous Ramsgate Sands, Life at the Seaside, an astute observation of modern leisure time.Dr John Snow, the founder of epidemiology, discovers that cholera is spread by water, rather than air, following the deaths of 500 people in ten days who had drank from a water pump in Broad Street. The Public Health Act is passed in response, setting up the General Board of Health.
International
Britain enters the Crimean war on 31 March, after an alliance is formed between Turkey, France, Sardinia and Britain against Russia. Florence Nightingale achieves great fame in introducing modern nursing techniques to the battlefield, earning her the title 'Lady with the Lamp'.Comments back to top
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