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Sir William Fenwick Williams, 1st Bt

by Thomas Herbert Maguire, printed by M & N Hanhart, published by Henry Graves, after Willis (Willes) Maddox
lithograph, published 1 December 1856
18 3/4 in. x 13 3/8 in. (477 mm x 341 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1958
Reference Collection
NPG D37084

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  • Henry Graves (1806-1892), Printseller and fine art publisher. Artist or producer associated with 48 portraits, Sitter in 3 portraits.
  • M & N Hanhart (active 1839-1882), Lithographic printers. Artist or producer associated with 334 portraits.
  • Willis (Willes) Maddox (1813-1853), Painter. Artist or producer associated with 5 portraits.
  • Thomas Herbert Maguire (1821-1895), Lithographer. Artist or producer associated with 128 portraits.

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Current affairs

Queen Victoria introduces the Victoria cross, an award for British soldiers who displayed exceptional valour in battle. Each medal was produced from Russian guns captured in the British war. In 2006, Lance Corporal Johnson Beharry became the first living recipient of the Victoria Cross since 1965, for his actions in the Iraq war.

Art and science

The National Portrait Gallery is founded by Philip Henry Stanhope, 5th Earl of Stanhope, Thomas Babington Macaulay, and Thomas Carlyle, all biographers and historians. Historical rather than artistic in focus, the Gallery's aim was to collect original portraits of outstanding figures from British history, notably from politics, the arts, literature and science.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning publishes her epic and autobiographical poem Aurora Leigh.

International

The Treaty of Paris ends the Crimean war. Russia concedes to the Anglo-French-Austrian Four Points of August 1854 including the guarantee of Ottoman sovereignty and territorial integrity. Russia also agreed to a demilitarisation of the land islands in the Baltics, a term which lasted until the outbreak of the First World War.
Britain launches the second Opium war against China.

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