Hon. (Edward) Frederick Leveson-Gower







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Hon. (Edward) Frederick Leveson-Gower
by Charles Holl, by A. Roberts, after Henry Tanworth Wells
stipple engraving, 1870 or after
11 3/4 in. x 8 7/8 in. (298 mm x 226 mm) plate size; 16 in. x 13 5/8 in. (406 mm x 345 mm) paper size
Given by Ursula Grant Duff (née Lubbock), 1957
Reference Collection
NPG D34658
Sitterback to top
- Hon. (Edward) Frederick Leveson-Gower (1819-1907), Politician and autobiographer; son of 1st Earl Granville. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Charles Holl (circa 1810-1882), Engraver. Artist associated with 28 portraits.
- A. Roberts (active 1870 or after), Engraver. Artist associated with 3 portraits.
- Henry Tanworth Wells (1828-1903), Miniature and portrait painter. Artist associated with 107 portraits, Sitter in 8 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D20716: Hon. (Edward) Frederick Leveson-Gower (from same plate)
- NPG D20715: Hon. (Edward) Frederick Leveson-Gower (from same plate)
Events of 1870back to top
Current affairs
William Edward Forster's Education Act is passed, making provisions for education for all under-13s. It demonstrated the balance in Gladstone's first ministry between progressive reform and conservativism by spreading literacy, whilst maintaining the status of Church schools.The Married Women's Property Act gives wives rights over their own earnings.
Art and science
The Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's fantasy-overture Romeo and Juliet, based on Shakespeare's play and written with the aid of composer Mily Balakirev, debuts in Moscow, conducted by Nikolai Rubenstein.W. G. Grace becomes cricket captain of Gloucestershire, marking the start of a successful decade for the club in which they won three 'Champion County' titles.
International
Isaac Butt, an Irish MP at Westminster, forms the Home Rule Association.The Franco-Prussian war breaks out between France and a coalition of German states led by Prussia. Provoked by the candidacy of German Prince Leopold Hohenzollen-Sigmaringen for the Spanish throne, France declared war in July after Bismark published the deliberately provocative Ems telegraph, in which the French were represented in an offensive light on the issue.
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