Arthur Peel; Arthur Frederick Pickard; Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
62 of 160 portraits of Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
Arthur Peel; Arthur Frederick Pickard; Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by Frederick Treble
albumen cabinet card, 1875
5 1/2 in. x 4 in. (140 mm x 102 mm) image size
Purchased, 1980
Photographs Collection
NPG x45776
Sittersback to top
- Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850-1942), Field Marshal, Governor General of Canada; son of Queen Victoria. Sitter associated with 160 portraits. Identify
- Arthur Peel, Army officer. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Arthur Frederick Pickard (1841-1880), Army officer. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
Artistback to top
- Frederick Treble (born 1832), Artist and Photographer. Artist or producer of 3 portraits.
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Events of 1875back to top
Current affairs
Samuel Plimsoll, a back-bench Liberal MP, campaigns for measures to prevent the practice of overloading unseaworthy vessels and claiming insurance. The Plimsoll Line is established; a line drawn on ships, it denotes the maximum legal load a cargo ship is allowed to carry.The Public Health Act, the work of Richard A. Cross, sets down in detail the responsibilities of local authorities in terms of public health.
Art and science
Anthony Trollope's masterpiece The Way We Live Now is published after serialisation. Containing over 100 chapters, the complex plot, following the fortunes of sham financier Augustus Melmotte, tackles the commercial, political and moral hypocrisy of the age.International
Disraeli purchases nearly half the total shares in the Suez Canal Company from the bankrupt Egyptian Khedive, Ismail Pasha, securing a controlling interest in the trading route. Since Parliament was not in session at the time, Disraeli borrowed £4 million from the banking family Rothschilds, attracting much criticism from Parliamentary opponents, although he won popularity from the Queen and the public.Comments back to top
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