Antonio Canova







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Antonio Canova
by Mary Dawson Turner (née Palgrave), after Thomas Phillips
etching, (1816)
9 3/8 in. x 6 1/8 in. (239 mm x 156 mm) plate size; 13 1/8 in. x 9 5/8 in. (332 mm x 243 mm) paper size
Purchased, 1963
Reference Collection
NPG D22564
Sitterback to top
- Antonio Canova (1757-1822), Italian sculptor and painter. Sitter associated with 8 portraits, Artist associated with 1 portrait.
Artistsback to top
- Thomas Phillips (1770-1845), Portrait painter. Artist associated with 216 portraits, Sitter in 4 portraits.
- Mary Dawson Turner (née Palgrave) (1774-1850), Artist. Artist associated with 76 portraits, Sitter associated with 3 portraits.
Events of 1816back to top
Current affairs
Marriage of Princess Charlotte to Leopold I.Income Tax abolished.
Unsuccessful Spa Fields Riot led by the ultra-radical Arthur Thistlewood which aimed to attack the Tower of London and the Bank of England and set up a ruling 'Committee of Public Safety' following the French model.
Art and science
Jane Austen publishes Emma.Leeds and Liverpool Canal completed.
International
British Government buys the Elgin Marbles, taken from the Acropolis in Athens by Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, and brought to England between 1803 and 1812. Their acquisition prompts support from Thomas Lawrence and Benjamin Robert Haydon and condemnation from Lord Byron.Slave rebellion fails in Barbados; four hundred slaves are executed.
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