Angela Burdett-Coutts, Baroness Burdett-Coutts
Angela Burdett-Coutts, Baroness Burdett-Coutts
by Peter Paul Skeolan
albumen carte-de-visite, 1868
3 3/4 in. x 2 1/4 in. (94 mm x 56 mm) image size
Purchased, 1982
Photographs Collection
NPG x17021
Sitterback to top
- Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts, Baroness Burdett-Coutts (1814-1906), Philanthropist; daughter of Sir Francis Burdett, Bt. Sitter in 18 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Peter Paul Skeolan (active 1858-1870), Miniature painter and photographer. Artist associated with 7 portraits.
Placesback to top
- Place made: United Kingdom: England, Yorkshire (photographer's studio, Harrogate, Yorkshire)
Subjects & Themesback to top
Events of 1868back to top
Current affairs
Following the Earl of Derby's resignation, Benjamin Disraeli becomes Prime Minister. However, following a near immediate Liberal election victory, he is replaced as Prime Minister by Gladstone. Gladstone sets out his mission to 'pacify Ireland'.Separately, the first meeting of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) is held in Manchester.
Public executions are abolished, and are moved from outside Newgate gaol to inside the prison.
Art and science
Wilkie Collins's The Moonstone published. Credited with writing the first sensation novel The Woman in White, Collins's claims another first here, as the mystery surrounding the disappearance of the Herncastle diamond, is recognised as one of the first detective novels.International
An uprising against Spanish rule in Cuba sparks off the Ten Years' War, in which 200,000 lives are lost. Cubans in the eastern provinces unite under wealthy planter Carlos Manuel de Cespedes. Another armed uprising takes place against Spanish rule in the town of Lares in Puerto Rico, known as the 'Grito de Lares'.Tell us more back to top
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