King Edward VII
11 of 68 portraits by Franz Xaver Winterhalter
© National Portrait Gallery, London
King Edward VII
by Alphonse Léon Noël, after Franz Xaver Winterhalter
lithograph, 1844 (1843)
27 1/4 in. x 20 7/8 in. (692 mm x 530 mm) paper size
Purchased, 1915
Reference Collection
NPG D33832
Sitterback to top
- King Edward VII (1841-1910), Reigned 1901-10. Sitter associated with 505 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Alphonse Léon Noël (1807-1884), Lithographer. Artist or producer associated with 14 portraits.
- Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805-1873), Painter. Artist or producer associated with 68 portraits, Sitter in 3 portraits.
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Events of 1844back to top
Current affairs
Britain experiences a railway boom. Peel's government passes a series of Acts creating provision of cheap, regular rail services. George Hudson, the first great railway entrepreneur, who controlled over 1,000 miles of railway track and whose enterprises made York a major commercial and transport hub, becomes known as 'the Railway King'.Art and science
Disraeli's Coningsby is published. The first of his 1840s 'Young England' trilogy, it was the cultural manifesto of Disraeli's vision for a new Conservativism.David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson set up their innovative and pioneering photography studio in Edinburgh, capturing portraits of both Scottish society figures and workers, as well as urban and rural landscape scenes.
International
Tensions continue to mount in Eastern Europe over Russian imperialist ambitions, as Tsar Nicholas I describes the Ottoman Empire as 'the Sick Man of Europe'.With the overthrow of the Haitians, the Spanish-speaking portion of the island of Hispaniola gains independence, as the Dominican Republic.
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