Mrs Conyngham
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Mrs Conyngham
by William Henry Mote, after Sir William Charles Ross
stipple engraving, published 1844
10 in. x 6 3/4 in. (255 mm x 170 mm) plate size; 17 1/8 in. x 11 3/4 in. (436 mm x 300 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D34084
Artistsback to top
- William Henry Mote (1803-1871), Line and stipple engraver. Artist or producer associated with 74 portraits.
- Sir William Charles Ross (1794-1860), Miniature painter. Artist or producer associated with 97 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
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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S. Kenny
15 October 2018, 04:31
I have framed a copy if this print hand coloured. On the back in faint pencil it reads: Mrs. CONYGHAM 1844.
The etching was also printed in 'Heath's Book of Beauty for 1845'.
I cannot determine WHICH Mrs. Conyngham this is.
Siobhan Kenny
10 March 2020, 03:12
I'm going to correct my previous post to say I have framed hand-coloured stipple engraving in its original frame and the date 1840 may be what's written there - it is very feint.