Edmund Burke
1 portrait by John Wilkes
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Edmund Burke
by John Chapman, published by John Wilkes
stipple engraving printed in colours, published 13 December 1798
6 3/8 in. x 4 1/2 in. (163 mm x 113 mm) plate size; 11 1/8 in. x 8 7/8 in. (284 mm x 225 mm) paper size
Bequeathed by (Frederick) Leverton Harris, 1927
Reference Collection
NPG D14203
Sitterback to top
- Edmund Burke (1729-1797), Statesman; orator; author. Sitter associated with 107 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- John Chapman (active 1792-1823), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 53 portraits.
- John Wilkes (1750-1810), Publisher. Artist or producer associated with 11 portraits.
Events of 1798back to top
Current affairs
To meet war costs, William Pitt introduces a Finance Bill which levies income tax for the first time.Art and science
William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge publish Lyrical Ballads; a key publication for the romantic movement in poetry. Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner opens the volume.Publisher and printseller Rudolph Ackermann establishes his popular 'Repository of the Arts' shop, gallery, library and social centre on the Strand.
International
Uprising of the United Irishmen: a republican rebellion which attempted to achieve Ireland's total independence by force with the aid of a French invasion. It was only narrowly defeated.Battle of the Nile. Napoleon's visionary Egyptian campaign offers British first major victory as Nelson destroys the French fleet.
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