John Hoppner
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© National Portrait Gallery, London
John Hoppner
by John Hoppner
oil on canvas, circa 1800
30 in. x 25 in. (762 mm x 635 mm)
Purchased, 1987
Primary Collection
NPG 5950
Sitterback to top
- John Hoppner (1758-1810), Painter. Sitter in 13 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 217 portraits.
Artistback to top
- John Hoppner (1758-1810), Painter. Artist or producer associated with 217 portraits, Sitter in 13 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D13934: John Hoppner (source portrait)
- NPG D19529: John Hoppner (source portrait)
- NPG D35987: John Hoppner (source portrait)
- NPG D3091: John Hoppner (source portrait)
- NPG D3090: John Hoppner (source portrait)
- NPG D35988: John Hoppner (source portrait)
- NPG D35989: John Hoppner (source portrait)
Linked publicationsback to top
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 314
Events of 1800back to top
Current affairs
Widespread food riots after poor harvests of 1798-9. Theorist, Thomas Malthus, controversially argues that poverty and food shortages are an inevitable consequence of population growth, challenging assumptions that populousness was a sign of national prosperity and power. His thesis contributed forcefully to the debate over the existing Poor Law.Art and science
William Wordsworth publishes his Preface to the Lyrical Ballads; a retrospective explanation of his experimental poems written with Samuel Taylor Coleridge. It becomes one of the best-known manifestos of Romantic literature.International
Lord Castlereagh, Chief Secretary for Ireland, is the main architect of the Act of Union under which Ireland is merged with Great Britain and the Irish parliament is abolished.British troops support successful uprising by Maltese against the French.
Napoleon is victorious against Austrians at Marengo and reconquers Italy.
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