Samuel Wilberforce

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Samuel Wilberforce

by Thomas Lewis Atkinson, published by James Ryman, after Frederick Richard Say
mezzotint, published 1 August 1849
20 1/4 in. x 16 1/8 in. (514 mm x 411 mm) plate size; 21 3/4 in. x 17 3/8 in. (551 mm x 440 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1956
Reference Collection
NPG D37503

Sitterback to top

  • Samuel Wilberforce (1805-1873), Bishop of Oxford and of Winchester; son of William Wilberforce; Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery. Sitter in 84 portraits.

Artistsback to top

  • Thomas Lewis Atkinson (1817-circa 1890), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 48 portraits.
  • James Ryman (active 1832-1873), Printseller. Artist or producer associated with 16 portraits.
  • Frederick Richard Say (1805-1868), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 49 portraits.

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Events of 1849back to top

Current affairs

Benjamin Disraeli becomes Conservative leader in the House of Commons.
Bedford College for Women is founded, following on from the foundation of Queen's College for Women the previous year.
Henry Mayhew, the social researcher and reform advocate, begins publishing his extensive statistical survey into the living conditions of urban communities, London Labour and the London Poor in the Morning Chronicle.

Art and science

With the death of his father Johann Strauss the Elder, Johann Baptist Strauss, the Austrian violinist and composer combines his and his father's orchestra, becoming known as 'the Waltz King'. His famous waltzes include The Blue Danube (1867). Dante Gabriel Rossetti paints his sister, the poet Christina, in The Girlhood of Mary Virgin.

International

Rome is briefly proclaimed a republic after the papal states are overthrown by Italian republicans. Napoleon's dependency on French Catholics leads him however to help restore papal authority. The restoration of Austrian military rule in Italy further darkens hopes of a self-ruling Italian nationhood.
Communist riots are suppressed in Paris.

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