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Margaret, Duchess of Burgundy
8 of 10 portraits by Thomas Kerrich
© National Portrait Gallery, London
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Margaret, Duchess of Burgundy
by Johann Gottlieb Facius, after Thomas Kerrich
stipple engraving, 1804
9 1/8 in. x 7 7/8 in. (231 mm x 200 mm) paper size
Given by the daughter of compiler William Fleming MD, Mary Elizabeth Stopford (née Fleming), 1931
Reference Collection
NPG D24089
Sitterback to top
- Margaret, Duchess of Burgundy (1446-1503), Yorkist matriarch and mediator; third wife of Charles the Bold; daughter of 3rd Duke of York and Cecily Neville. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Artistsback to top
- Johann Gottlieb Facius (1750-1802), Stipple engraver. Artist or producer associated with 11 portraits.
- Thomas Kerrich (1748-1828), Cambridge University Librarian, antiquary and draughtsman. Artist or producer associated with 10 portraits, Sitter in 2 portraits.
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Events of 1804back to top
Current affairs
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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