Reginald Pole
1 of 2 portraits by W. Herbert
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Reginald Pole
by William Maddocks, published by W. Herbert, and published by Edward Wedlake Brayley, after Unknown artist
hand-coloured stipple engraving printed in black and red, published 1 May 1805
11 3/4 in. x 9 1/8 in. (297 mm x 233 mm) plate size; 13 5/8 in. x 11 1/8 in. (346 mm x 281 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D40293
Sitterback to top
- Reginald Pole (1500-1558), Cardinal and Archbishop of Canterbury. Sitter associated with 28 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Edward Wedlake Brayley (1773-1854), Print publisher; editor. Artist or producer associated with 2 portraits.
- W. Herbert (active 1805), Print publisher. Artist or producer associated with 2 portraits.
- William Maddocks (active 1805-1825), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 6 portraits.
- Unknown artist, Artist. Artist or producer associated with 6578 portraits.
Placesback to top
- Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (Globe Place, London)
- Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (Wilderness Row, London)
Events of 1805back to top
Current affairs
Nelson's state funeral is held at St Paul's. An occasion for an outpouring of national grief and patriotism, the grand ceremony built on the cult of Nelson which had emerged in the years before his death.Art and science
Mary Tighe publishes Pysche or the Legend of Love, a romantic allegory in the fashionable medieval revival style, admired by both Keats and Shelley.The 'poems of Ossian' are officially declared a fake and a great literary scandal ends as Scottish poet James Macpherson is exposed as the forger of the third century bard's epic works.
International
Battle of Trafalgar. Napoleon's ultimate plan to invade England from Boulogne with 100,000 men is thwarted by superior British naval power. Nelson dies in the closing moments of battle having been wounded by a French sniper, but survives long enough to learn that a decisive victory has been won.Comments back to top
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