Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
45 of 52 portraits of Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
by Joseph Brown, published by Edward S. Palmer, republished by H. Lascelles Green
stipple engraving, republished 5 May 1891 (published 5 April 1875)
20 in. x 14 5/8 in. (508 mm x 373 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1962
Reference Collection
NPG D34796
Sitterback to top
- Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville (1815-1891), Politician, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and leader of the Liberal party; ex-officio Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery. Sitter associated with 52 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Joseph Brown (1809-1887), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 169 portraits.
- H. Lascelles Green (active 1891), Publisher. Artist or producer associated with 1 portrait.
- Edward S. Palmer (active 1875), Publisher. Artist or producer associated with 3 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D34797: Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville (from same plate)
Placesback to top
- Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (93 Hindmans Road, East Dulwich, London; 30 Golden Square, London)
Events of 1891back to top
Current affairs
The Irish Nationalist leader Charles Parnell is forced to resign after being named in the divorce proceedings brought by William O'Shea against his wife Kitty, who had been Parnell's mistress for a decade. The scandal severely damages the campaign for the Home Rule Bill, contributing greatly to its subsequent failure. Parnell's health also suffered; he contracted rheumatic fever and died a few months after resigning.Art and science
Thomas Hardy's publishes Tess of the D'Urbervilles, a tragedy which explores the consequences of the young Tess's seduction by the wealthy Alec D'Urberville. In the novel, Hardy sets forward his major concerns about the individual's powerlessness before fate, whilst radically critiquing the hypocritical double standards of contemporary morals.International
The construction of Trans-Siberian railway, the longest single rail system in Russia, begins in the Urals and at Vladivostock. Running between Moscow and Vladivostock, work was completed in 1917.The German aviation pioneer Otto Lilenthal takes off in the first glider from a hill near Potsdam, the first of many guided flights and an important step in the development of aerial technology.
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