Edward Bouverie Pusey with his family at breakfast
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Edward Bouverie Pusey with his family at breakfast
by Clara Pusey
pencil, pen and ink, 1856
7 1/8 in. x 8 7/8 in. (181 mm x 226 mm)
Purchased, 1967
Primary Collection
NPG 4541(4a)
Artistback to top
- Clara Pusey (1835-1911), Artist; wife of Francis Charteris Fletcher; daughter of Philip Pusey and Emily Frances Theresa Pusey (née Herbert). Artist or producer of 7 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
Sittersback to top
- James Gram Brine (circa 1821-died 1901), Clergyman; husband of Mary Amelia Bouverie-Pusey. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Mary Amelia Brine (née Bouverie-Pusey) (1833-1910), Daughter of Edward Bouverie Pusey and Maria Catherine Barker; wife of Reverend James Gram Brine. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Alice Herbert (active 1856), Cousin of Clara Pusey. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Clara Pusey (1835-1911), Artist; wife of Francis Charteris Fletcher; daughter of Philip Pusey and Emily Frances Theresa Pusey (née Herbert). Sitter in 1 portrait, Artist or producer of 7 portraits. Identify
- Edith Lucy Bouverie Pusey (1831-1904), Daughter of Philip Pusey and Emily Frances Theresa Pusey (née Herbert). Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Edward Bouverie Pusey (1800-1882), Church of England clergyman and university professor; a leader of the Oxford Movement. Sitter in 14 portraits. Identify
- Sidney Edward Pusey (1839-1911), Son of Philip Pusey and Emily Frances Theresa Pusey (née Herbert); Author. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Robinson (active 1856). Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- a servant to the Pusey family (active 1856), Domestic servant. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
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Events of 1856back to top
Current affairs
Queen Victoria introduces the Victoria cross, an award for British soldiers who displayed exceptional valour in battle. Each medal was produced from Russian guns captured in the British war. In 2006, Lance Corporal Johnson Beharry became the first living recipient of the Victoria Cross since 1965, for his actions in the Iraq war.Art and science
The National Portrait Gallery is founded by Philip Henry Stanhope, 5th Earl of Stanhope, Thomas Babington Macaulay, and Thomas Carlyle, all biographers and historians. Historical rather than artistic in focus, the Gallery's aim was to collect original portraits of outstanding figures from British history, notably from politics, the arts, literature and science.Elizabeth Barrett Browning publishes her epic and autobiographical poem Aurora Leigh.
International
The Treaty of Paris ends the Crimean war. Russia concedes to the Anglo-French-Austrian Four Points of August 1854 including the guarantee of Ottoman sovereignty and territorial integrity. Russia also agreed to a demilitarisation of the land islands in the Baltics, a term which lasted until the outbreak of the First World War.Britain launches the second Opium war against China.
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Anna James, Pusey House Library, Oxford
22 August 2019, 15:03
Dear NPG
Clara Pusey, artist of 7 images in the NPG collection (chiefly members of the Pusey family) died 3 February 1911. From 30 October 1862 her name was Clara Fletcher.
Best wishes
Anna James
Librarian & Archivist
Pusey House, Oxford