Sir Herbert Jenner-Fust
2 of 2 portraits of Sir Herbert Jenner-Fust
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir Herbert Jenner-Fust
by and published by William Walker, after Frederick Yeates Hurlstone
mezzotint, published April 1835
16 1/8 in. x 12 3/4 in. (411 mm x 325 mm) plate size; 26 3/8 in. x 19 1/2 in. (670 mm x 495 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1950
Reference Collection
NPG D3695
Artistsback to top
- Frederick Yeates Hurlstone (1800-1869), Portrait and history painter. Artist or producer associated with 6 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
- William Walker (1791-1867), Photographer, engraver and publisher. Artist or producer associated with 131 portraits.
Placesback to top
- Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (64 Margaret Street, Cavendish Square, London)
Events of 1835back to top
Current affairs
Lord Melbourne, Whig, becomes Prime Minister following Peel's resignation. Melbourne's government took steps to suppress trade union activity, introducing legislation against 'illegal oaths', contributing to the failure of Robert Owen's Grand National Consolidated Trades' Union.Art and science
Felix Dujardin, the French biologist, reveals protoplasm.Work on the enlargement and remodelling of Buckingham House to designs by the architect John Nash is completed, creating Buckingham Palace.
International
Juan Manuel de Rosas becomes dictator of Argentina, invoking a seventeen year rule dominated by terror. A powerful cattle rancher, he represents the rise of the estancieros, the new landed oligarchy based on commercial ranching.Comments back to top
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