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Sir Christopher Hatton

4 of 5 portraits by Cornelis Ketel

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by Edward Scriven, published by Harding, Mavor & Lepard, after Cornelis Ketel
stipple engraving, published 1 October 1827
9 3/8 in. x 7 1/8 in. (238 mm x 181 mm) paper size
Given by the daughter of compiler William Fleming MD, Mary Elizabeth Stopford (née Fleming), 1931
Reference Collection
NPG D25371

Sitterback to top

Sir Christopher Hatton (circa 1540-1591), Lord Chancellor. Sitter in 11 portraits. Identify

Artistsback to top

Harding, Mavor & Lepard (active 1823-1827), Publishers. Artist or producer associated with 5 portraits.
Cornelis Ketel (1548-1616), Dutch mannerist painter. Artist or producer associated with 8 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
Edward Scriven (1775-1841), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 210 portraits.

Related worksback to top

NPG D25372: Sir Christopher Hatton (based on same portrait)
NPG D35578: Sir Christopher Hatton (based on same portrait)

Placesback to top

Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (Pall Mall East, London)

Portrait setback to top

Fleming Collection: Fleming's Granger (volume 1)

Subject/Themeback to top

Stipple engraving

Events of 1827back to top

Current affairs

Lord Liverpool suffers a stroke and is forced to resign as Prime Minister. George Canning succeeds him only to die after four months in office.

Art and science

University College London, the first metropolitan university in England, is founded specifically to educate dissenters excluded from Oxford and Cambridge. Whig politician Henry Brougham, writer Thomas Campbell and financier and philanthropist Isaac Goldsmid are its principal patrons.

International

Britain, France and Russia sign a treaty in London agreeing to intervene in the Greek War of Independence. Allied troops under General Edward Codrington subsequently destroy Turkish and Egyptian fleets at the Battle of Navarino.
Western Australia is explored for the first time by Captain Stirling.

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