Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster, incorrectly engraved as Richard, 1st Earl Grosvenor
8 of 8 portraits of Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster, incorrectly engraved as Richard, 1st Earl Grosvenor
by Thomas Lewis Atkinson, published by Henry Graves & Co, after Thomas Gainsborough
mezzotint, published 1870 (1785-1788)
9 in. x 6 7/8 in. (228 mm x 176 mm) plate size; 20 in. x 13 3/4 in. (507 mm x 349 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D34990
Sitterback to top
- Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster (1767-1845), Patron of art and the turf. Sitter associated with 8 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Thomas Lewis Atkinson (1817-circa 1890), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 48 portraits.
- Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788), Portrait and landscape painter. Artist or producer associated with 268 portraits, Sitter in 8 portraits.
- Henry Graves & Co (active 1844-1899), Publishers. Artist or producer associated with 247 portraits.
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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Valerie Hedquist
28 March 2018, 01:29
This image isn't the 1st Marquess, it is Richard, 1st Earl Grosvenor.