John William Polidori

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John William Polidori

by F.G. Gainsford
oil on canvas, circa 1816
23 in. x 18 7/8 in. (584 mm x 480 mm)
Given by the sitter's nephew, William Michael Rossetti, 1895
Primary Collection
NPG 991

On display in Room 17 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery

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  • F.G. Gainsford (active 1805-1822), Artist. Artist or producer of 1 portrait.

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Current affairs

Marriage of Princess Charlotte to Leopold I.
Income Tax abolished.
Unsuccessful Spa Fields Riot led by the ultra-radical Arthur Thistlewood which aimed to attack the Tower of London and the Bank of England and set up a ruling 'Committee of Public Safety' following the French model.

Art and science

Jane Austen publishes Emma.
Leeds and Liverpool Canal completed.

International

British Government buys the Elgin Marbles, taken from the Acropolis in Athens by Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, and brought to England between 1803 and 1812. Their acquisition prompts support from Thomas Lawrence and Benjamin Robert Haydon and condemnation from Lord Byron.
Slave rebellion fails in Barbados; four hundred slaves are executed.

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