Richard Robert Madden
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Richard Robert Madden
by Alfred, Count D'Orsay
pencil and black chalk, 1828
6 1/2 in. x 4 3/4 in. (165 mm x 121 mm)
Purchased, 1957
Primary Collection
NPG 4026(41)
Artistback to top
- Alfred, Count D'Orsay (1801-1852), Amateur artist and man of fashion. Artist associated with 266 portraits, Sitter associated with 13 portraits.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Ormond, Richard, Early Victorian Portraits, 1973, p. 299
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 405
Events of 1828back to top
Current affairs
Duke of Wellington becomes Prime Minister.Madhouse Act attempts to regulate asylums and ensure new arrivals are genuinely insane.
Repeal of the Test Acts removes political restrictions from dissenters, allowing them to hold public office.
Art and science
London Zoological Gardens open in Regent's Park. They provide both entertainment and a supply of exotic specimens for naturalists and anatomists such as Richard Owen who becomes a European authority on the subject.International
Daniel O'Connell is elected Member of Parliament for County Clare but as a Catholic is not permitted to take his seat.Tell us more back to top
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