John Hely-Hutchinson, 3rd Earl of Donoughmore; Sir Robert Thomas Wilson; Michael Bruce
3 of 15 portraits of Sir Robert Thomas Wilson
John Hely-Hutchinson, 3rd Earl of Donoughmore; Sir Robert Thomas Wilson; Michael Bruce
by Unknown artist
line engraving, circa 1815
9 3/8 in. x 7 3/8 in. (238 mm x 188 mm) paper size
Bequeathed by (Frederick) Leverton Harris, 1927
Reference Collection
NPG D16018
Sittersback to top
- Michael Bruce (1787-1861), Lavallette Bruce. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- John Hely-Hutchinson, 3rd Earl of Donoughmore (1787-1851), Soldier. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Sir Robert Thomas Wilson (1777-1849), General and politician. Sitter in 15 portraits. Identify
Events of 1815back to top
Current affairs
John and James Leigh Hunt are released from prison after a two year sentence for slandering the Prince of Wales in their outspoken, radical periodical the Examiner.Corn Laws are introduced to protect against the collapse in prices which would inevitably follow peace with France, prompting riots in London.
Art and science
Humphry Davy invents the miners' safety lamp though its reception is clouded by William Clanny and George Stephenson who present rival models in the same year.British Institution arranges first in innovative series of Old Master exhibitions
provoking virulent attack on its patrons for neglecting contemporary art.
International
Napoleon returns to France from exile in Elba and resumes power until his abdication on 22 June; a period known as the 'Hundred Days'.Battle of Waterloo concludes the Anglo-French struggle that had lasted more than a century. Peace of Vienna establishes Britain's global political, economic and imperial dominance which lasts for the next hundred years.
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John Withrington
20 August 2021, 09:15
I have a small book entitled "Procédure des Trois Anglais, et autres, Accusés d'avoir favorisé l'évasion de M. de Lavalette, leur caractère, leurs discours et leurs opinions". The three "anglais" are named as Robert-Thomas Wilson, John-Ely Hutchinson and Michel Bruce. All three were brought before a court in Paris on 22nd to 24th April 1816, found guilty and sentenced to three months imprisonment. Le général Wilson était en grand uniforme d'officier-général anglais, et décoré de tous ses ordres; le capitaine Hutchinson en officier des gardes anglaises, et M. Bruce en frac français. This description would seem to fit the dress of the three men in your portrait. Furthermore my book shows a small drawing which, although not identical, shows a similar portrait of the three men together - presumably in the dock at their trial. My book (of 105 pages) gives a detailed account of their trial. You are welcome to borrow the book if it would help your researches.
My guess is that the portrait was of the three men in the dock at their trial and might have been drawn for a newspaper report of their trial. Hence it can be dated more accurately to 1816.