Alfred, Count D'Orsay
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Alfred, Count D'Orsay
by Edwin Landseer
pen and wash, circa 1835
8 7/8 in. x 7 in. (225 mm x 178 mm)
Purchased, 1972
Primary Collection
NPG 4922
Sitterback to top
- Alfred, Count D'Orsay (1801-1852), Amateur artist and man of fashion. Sitter associated with 13 portraits, Artist associated with 266 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (1802-1873), Painter. Artist associated with 56 portraits, Sitter in 22 portraits.
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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.
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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.Tell us more back to top
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