Frederick Richard Pickersgill
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by Frederick Richard Pickersgill
oil on canvas, circa 1848-9
50 1/8 in. x 40 in. (1273 mm x 1016 mm)
Purchased, 1978
Primary Collection
NPG 5183
Sitterback to top
- Frederick Richard Pickersgill (1820-1900), History and genre painter; nephew of Henry William Pickersgill. Sitter in 9 portraits, Artist associated with 3 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Frederick Richard Pickersgill (1820-1900), History and genre painter; nephew of Henry William Pickersgill. Artist associated with 3 portraits, Sitter in 9 portraits.
This portraitback to top
The artist F.R. Pickersgill was the nephew of the portrait painter Henry William Pickersgill. He is seen in this self portrait with a mahlstick (used to steady the hand and keep it away from areas of wet paint) in his left hand and a brush in his right.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 493
Events of 1848back to top
Current affairs
Led by Feargus O'Connor, up to 50,000 Chartist members meet on Kennington Common, to form a procession and present another petition to Parliament. Although there was a large military and police presence, the rally was peaceful.Art and science
The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood a group of English painters, poets and critics, is founded by John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Holman Hunt, intent on reforming art by rejecting the artists who imitated Raphael and Michelangelo. Instead, they advocated a return to a close observation of nature, invested with the intense detail, colours, and compositions of Quattrocento Italian and Flemish art, producing works layered with symbolism.International
Following the fall of the French monarchy, revolutions take place in France, Germany and Italy, provoked by a widespread desire for political independence from repressive regimes, and a range of economic problems which had caused unemployment, food shortages and poverty. Louis Napoleon becomes the first President of France's Second Republic.The first gold rush takes place in America, after gold is found on the Sacramento river, California.
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