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Charlotte Isabella (née Irby), Countess of Orkney

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Charlotte Isabella (née Irby), Countess of Orkney

by John Cochran, published by Whittaker & Co, and published by Martin Colnaghi, after Emma Eleanora Kendrick
stipple engraving, published May 1829
9 3/8 in. x 7 1/4 in. (239 mm x 183 mm) plate size; 17 1/4 in. x 11 7/8 in. (437 mm x 303 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D39378

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  • John Cochran (1803-after 1865), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 63 portraits.
  • Martin Colnaghi (circa 1792-1851), Printseller. Artist or producer associated with 38 portraits.
  • Emma Eleanora Kendrick (circa 1788-1871), Artist. Artist or producer associated with 3 portraits.
  • Whittaker & Co (active 1830s), Publishers. Artist or producer associated with 16 portraits.

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Metropolitan police force of over three thousand paid, uniformed, professional policemen founded by Home Secretary Sir Robert Peel.
Roman Catholic Relief Act grants emancipation; Catholics admitted to vote, sit in parliament and hold almost all public offices.

Art and science

Success of George Stephenson's Rocket steam engine at Rainhill Trials.
First London bus service licensed; the new 'box-on-wheels' contributes greatly to the expansion of the suburbs.
Apsley House completed for the Duke of Wellington by Benjamin Wyatt.
First Oxford and Cambridge boat race.

International

Andrew Jackson is elected President of the United States.

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