Sir Edward Coke
37 of 39 portraits of Sir Edward Coke







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Sir Edward Coke
attributed to Thomas Athow, after Unknown artist, after Cornelius Johnson (Cornelius Janssen van Ceulen)
watercolour, early 19th century
12 3/4 in. x 9 in. (324 mm x 229 mm)
Purchased, 1895
Reference Collection
NPG D23256
Sitterback to top
- Sir Edward Coke (1552-1634), Lawyer, legal writer and politician. Sitter associated with 39 portraits.
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- Thomas Athow (active 1806-1822), Artist. Artist associated with 50 portraits.
- Cornelius Johnson (Cornelius Janssen van Ceulen) (1593-1661), Portrait painter. Artist associated with 148 portraits, Sitter associated with 3 portraits.
- Unknown artist, Artist. Artist associated with 6557 portraits.
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William Pitt returns to office and forms a second coalition administration, retaining many of those who had served under his predecessor Henry Addington but specifically excluding his arch rival Charles James Fox .Art and science
William Blake starts writing Jerusalem. One of his most ambitious allegorical poems, it took nearly eight years to complete.Amidst infighting about submissions to the annual exhibition, attempts are made to unseat painter Benjamin West as President of the Royal Academy and elect architect James Wyatt instead.
International
Napoleon declares himself Emperor of France and is crowned as Napoleon I by Pope Pius VII in Paris.Haiti achieves independence led by Toussaint L'Ouverture, the patriot and martyr who had seized control from the French in 1801. He becomes a symbolic figure of freedom for the British anti-slavery movement.
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