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Sir Sidney Smith; possibly Ahmad Pasha al-Jazzar ('Jazzar or Djezzar Pasha') and two unknown men

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Sir Sidney Smith; possibly Ahmad Pasha al-Jazzar ('Jazzar or Djezzar Pasha') and two unknown men

by John Eckstein
oil on canvas, 1801-1802
93 1/2 in. x 57 in. (2375 mm x 1448 mm)
Purchased, 1890
Primary Collection
NPG 832

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  • John Eckstein (active 1787-died 1838), Artist; printmaker, painter and draughtsman. Artist or producer associated with 9 portraits.

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This portrait by Eckstein was painted following Smith's return from the Mediterranean and shows him brandishing a scimitar at the Siege of Acre, with Djezzar Pasha and another Turk beside him. He wears captain's undress uniform, Hessian boots and the Star of the Swedish Order of the Sword which was awarded to him in 1792. He has one pistol on his right hip and another thrust into his sash.

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  • NPG D41786: Sir Sidney Smith; possibly Ahmad Pasha al-Jazzar ('Jazzar or Djezzar Pasha') and two unknown men (source portrait)

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Wlliam Pitt and Lord Castlereagh both resign over the King's refusal to permit the introduction of Catholic emancipation. Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth succeeds Pitt as Prime Minister.
Census records 9 million people living in England and Wales, 5.2 million in Ireland and 1.6 million in Scotland.

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Radical writer, Amelia Opie publishes her best known novel The Father and the Daughter. Said to have reduced Walter Scott to tears, it went on to enjoy success as an opera and a play.

International

Other members of the First Coalition fighting France with Britain agree to a humiliating peace treaty and Britain fights on alone.
A successful campaign is fought against the French army marooned in Egypt. General Sir Ralph Abercromby leads the troops but is killed in action.
Thomas Jefferson is elected President of the United States.

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