Joseph Gwilt
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Joseph Gwilt
by Andrew Robertson
watercolour on ivory, 1810
6 1/4 in. x 5 1/8 in. (160 mm x 130 mm)
Purchased, 1992
Primary Collection
NPG 6166
Artistback to top
- Andrew Robertson (1777-1845), Miniature painter. Artist or producer associated with 15 portraits.
This portraitback to top
This miniature shows Joseph Gwilt as a confident professional at the very start of his career, when he had established his own architecture practice in south-east London.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 269
Events of 1810back to top
Current affairs
Serious 'Burdett and Liberty' riots break out in London in support of radical MP Sir Francis Burdett who had been arrested for denouncing the House of Common's decision to bar journalists from some debates.Princess Amelia dies triggering renewed bout of illness in her father, George III.
Art and science
Sir Walter Scott publishes his chivalrous, medieval ballad, The Lady of the Lake, set on Loch Katrine in Perthshire.Kennett and Avon Trunk Canal is completed.
First Savings Bank is set up by financier Henry Duncan.
International
Madame De Stael writes De l'Allemagne which portrays Germany as a model of Romantic nationalism for emerging revolutionary nations. It was banned by Napoleon but published in London to great acclaim.Lisbon besieged. Wellington takes shelter behind the fortified lines of the Torres Vedras and the French army are forced to retreat.
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Dr Ian Crabbe MB BS DRCOG FRCGP
14 July 2016, 15:05
I have a book once owned by Joseph Gwilt a first edition with Joseph's armorial bearings & motto "Chacun sa Part" entitled " The Cambrian Biography " : or Historical Notices of Celebrated Men among THE ANCIENT BRITONS by the author William Owen FAS . " Hwy pery clod golud" ; - Longer continues fame than wealth. Dated 1803 printed at 11 Strand, London. published 15 / 12 / 1802.