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Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex

by Richard Sawyer, after Unknown artist
etching, circa 1820s
5 in. x 3 1/8 in. (128 mm x 80 mm) plate size; 7 1/4 in. x 4 3/4 in. (183 mm x 120 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D21332

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  • Richard Sawyer (active circa 1807-1830), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 11 portraits.
  • Unknown artist, Artist. Artist or producer associated with 6577 portraits.

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  • NPG D21331: Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex (from same plate)
  • NPG D21333: Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex (from same plate)

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George III dies at Windsor Castle on 29 January and George IV ascends to the throne.
'Trial of Queen Caroline' in the House of Lords; Parliament drops the Bill which was to legitimise a divorce between Caroline and George IV.
Cato Street Conspiracy to assassinate the cabinet discovered. Arthur Thistlewood and fellow conspirators are hanged.

Art and science

Sir Thomas Lawrence becomes President of the Royal Academy.
Astronomical Society is set up by John Herschel and Charles Babbage.
First iron steamship is launched.

International

Actor, Edmund Kean goes on a successful tour of America after making his name at the Drury Lane Theatre.
Revolutions begin in Spain, Portugal and Naples.
The famous ancient Greek statue of the Venus de Milo is rediscovered on the Island of Melos and purchased by the Louvre in Paris.

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Katherine Acheson

09 January 2017, 14:33

This image is integrated into an elegy for Essex published in 1646 entitled "A funerall elegy upon the most honored upon Earth, and now glorious in Heaven, His Excellency Robert Devereux Earl of Essex and Ewe Viscount Hereford, Lord Ferrers of Chartly Bourchier and Louvaine, late Generall of England" and attributed to Josiah Ricraft and sold by John Hancock. See Early English Books Online.