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Elizabeth Vassall Fox (née Vassall), Lady Holland; Henry Richard Fox (later Vassall), 3rd Baron Holland; Mrs Brown

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Elizabeth Vassall Fox (née Vassall), Lady Holland; Henry Richard Fox (later Vassall), 3rd Baron Holland; Mrs Brown

by Sir Edwin Landseer
pen and wash, circa 1833
9 1/2 in. x 7 3/8 in. (241 mm x 188 mm)
Purchased, 1972
Primary Collection
NPG 4914

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  • Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (1802-1873), Painter. Artist or producer associated with 56 portraits, Sitter in 22 portraits.

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This drawing probably dates from August 1833 when Landseer first visited Holland House, the home of Lord and Lady Holland and a Whig focus of political, social and cultural life in London. This drawing positions the benignly smiling Lord Holland between his domineering wife on the left and their formidable housekeeper, Mrs Brown, on the right.

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Current affairs

Shaftesbury's Factory Act is passed regulating women's hours and providing for the education of children working in the textile industry.
Bank Act is passed, making Bank of England notes Britain's legal tender.

Art and science

Charles Lamb publishes Last Essays of Elia after the enormous success of his earlier Essays. A comic allegorization of his humdrum clerical job they become one of the period's literary sensations.
Charles Dickens begins his series Sketches by Boz in the Monthly Magazine.

International

Abolition of slavery in the British Empire; 780,000 slaves are freed, £20 million is allocated as compensation for slave owners and a six year apprenticeship system for freed slaves is established.

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