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Elizabeth ('Eliza') (née O'Neil), Lady Wrixon-Becher

1 of 10 portraits of Elizabeth ('Eliza') (née O'Neil), Lady Wrixon-Becher

Overview
Extended Catalogue Entry

by John James Masquerier
oil on canvas, circa 1815
30 in. x 25 in. (762 mm x 635 mm)
Given by Hon. Percy Wyndham, 1877
Primary Collection
NPG 445

Sitterback to top

Elizabeth ('Eliza') (née O'Neil), Lady Wrixon-Becher (1791-1872), Actress; daughter of John O'Neill. Sitter associated with 10 portraits.

Artistback to top

John James Masquerier (1778-1855), Painter. Artist or producer associated with 32 portraits, Sitter associated with 1 portrait.

Related worksback to top

NPG D35817: Elizabeth ('Eliza') (née O'Neil), Lady Wrixon-Becher when Miss O'Neill (after)
NPG D35818: Elizabeth ('Eliza') (née O'Neil), Lady Wrixon-Becher when Miss O'Neill (after)
NPG D35819: Elizabeth ('Eliza') (née O'Neil), Lady Wrixon-Becher when Miss O'Neill (after)

Linked publicationsback to top

Ormond, Richard, Early Victorian Portraits, 1973, p. 522
Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 43

Subjects & Themesback to top

Oil
Painting

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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