Cheltenham
Cheltenham
by Richard Dighton
hand-coloured lithograph, circa 1835-1838
11 in. x 15 in. (278 mm x 380 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D10945
Artistback to top
- Richard Dighton (1795-1880), Portrait painter and caricaturist. Artist or producer associated with 313 portraits, Sitter associated with 1 portrait.
Sittersback to top
- Brigadier General Bonnor (active 1835), Brigadier General. Sitter associated with 1 portrait. Identify
- Charles Brown (active 1835). Sitter associated with 3 portraits. Identify
- John Browne (active 1836), Curate of Trinity Church, Cheltenham. Sitter associated with 1 portrait. Identify
- Dr Cannon (active 1835). Sitter associated with 1 portrait. Identify
- General Capel (active 1835), General. Sitter associated with 1 portrait. Identify
- Francis Close (1797-1882), Dean of Carlisle. Sitter associated with 5 portraits. Identify
- James Corry (1772-1848), Actor. Sitter associated with 1 portrait. Identify
- Fulwar Craven (1782-1860), Racehorse owner. Sitter associated with 3 portraits. Identify
- Colonel Cunningham (active 1835), Colonel. Sitter associated with 1 portrait. Identify
- Sir James Steuart Denham, 8th Bt (1744-1839), General. Sitter associated with 2 portraits. Identify
- Mr Hunter (active 1835). Sitter associated with 1 portrait. Identify
- Captain Kirwan (active 1835), Captain. Sitter associated with 1 portrait. Identify
- Nugent MacNamara (active 1835). Sitter associated with 1 portrait. Identify
- Mr Minster (circa 1770-1839), Surgeon. Sitter associated with 1 portrait. Identify
- Sir Thomas Molyneux (active 1835), General. Sitter associated with 1 portrait. Identify
- Sir Charles Morgan, 2nd Bt (1760-1846), Agriculturalist and politician; MP for Brecon and Monmouthshire. Sitter associated with 3 portraits. Identify
- Sir William Murchison (active 1835). Sitter associated with 1 portrait. Identify
- Joseph Pitt (1759-1842), Lawyer and banker. Sitter associated with 1 portrait. Identify
- Mr Shewell (active 1835). Sitter associated with 2 portraits. Identify
- A. Thompson (active 1835). Sitter associated with 1 portrait. Identify
Placesback to top
- Place made: United Kingdom: England, Gloucestershire (67 St George's Place, Cheltenham)
Events of 1835back to top
Current affairs
Lord Melbourne, Whig, becomes Prime Minister following Peel's resignation. Melbourne's government took steps to suppress trade union activity, introducing legislation against 'illegal oaths', contributing to the failure of Robert Owen's Grand National Consolidated Trades' Union.Art and science
Felix Dujardin, the French biologist, reveals protoplasm.Work on the enlargement and remodelling of Buckingham House to designs by the architect John Nash is completed, creating Buckingham Palace.
International
Juan Manuel de Rosas becomes dictator of Argentina, invoking a seventeen year rule dominated by terror. A powerful cattle rancher, he represents the rise of the estancieros, the new landed oligarchy based on commercial ranching.Comments back to top
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