Ann (née Harrison), Lady Fanshawe

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Ann (née Harrison), Lady Fanshawe

probably by Henry Meyer, published by Henry Colburn, after Cornelius Johnson (Cornelius Janssen van Ceulen)
stipple engraving, published 1829
9 in. x 5 7/8 in. (228 mm x 148 mm) plate size
Given by the daughter of compiler William Fleming MD, Mary Elizabeth Stopford (née Fleming), 1931
Reference Collection
NPG D30571

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Artistsback to top

  • Henry Colburn (1784 or 1785-1855), Publisher. Artist or producer associated with 28 portraits.
  • Cornelius Johnson (Cornelius Janssen van Ceulen) (1593-1661), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 148 portraits, Sitter associated with 3 portraits.
  • Henry Meyer (1782?-1847), Portrait painter and engraver. Artist or producer associated with 281 portraits.

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Metropolitan police force of over three thousand paid, uniformed, professional policemen founded by Home Secretary Sir Robert Peel.
Roman Catholic Relief Act grants emancipation; Catholics admitted to vote, sit in parliament and hold almost all public offices.

Art and science

Success of George Stephenson's Rocket steam engine at Rainhill Trials.
First London bus service licensed; the new 'box-on-wheels' contributes greatly to the expansion of the suburbs.
Apsley House completed for the Duke of Wellington by Benjamin Wyatt.
First Oxford and Cambridge boat race.

International

Andrew Jackson is elected President of the United States.

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Katharine Hodgkin

30 June 2017, 11:14

Aren't these engravings mostly copies (in reverse) of the portrait of Anne Fanshawe by Cornelis van Ceulen, held in the Valence House museum in Dagenham (and reproduced on her Wikipedia page)?