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Warren Hastings

by Sir Richard Rivington Holmes, after John Jones, after John Thomas Seton (Seaton)
pencil on tracing paper, 1887 (1784)
15 in. x 9 7/8 in. (381 mm x 250 mm) paper size
Given by Sir Richard Rivington Holmes, 1887
Reference Collection
NPG D35207

Sitterback to top

  • Warren Hastings (1732-1818), Governor-General of India. Sitter associated with 48 portraits.

Artistsback to top

  • Sir Richard Rivington Holmes (1835-1911), Librarian, Windsor Castle, artist and stained glass designer. Artist or producer associated with 1 portrait, Sitter in 5 portraits.
  • John Jones (circa 1745-1797), Engraver and printseller. Artist or producer associated with 93 portraits.
  • John Thomas Seton (Seaton) (circa 1735-after 1805), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 3 portraits.

Events of 1887back to top

Current affairs

Queen Victoria celebrates her Golden Jubilee, marking 50 years of her reign.
In what becomes known as 'Bloody Sunday', or the Trafalgar Square Riot, the police attack a meeting of the Social Democratic Federation, led by among others) Elizabeth Reynolds, John Burns, Annie Besant and Robert Cunninghame-Graham, killing three and injuring more than 200 crowd members.

Art and science

A Study in Scarlet, the first of Arthur Conan Doyle's detective mysteries featuring Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr Watson, is published. One of only four novels (there were a further 56 short stories) featuring Holmes, the mystery turns around the discovery of a corpse in Brixton.
The essayist and critic Walter Pater publishes Imaginary Portraits in which he consolidates his doctrine of Aestheticism, 'art for art's sake'.

International

Britain ratifies the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, thus accepting the terms of the International Copyright Act (1886), which abolishes the requirement to register foreign works and introduces an exclusive right to import or produce translations.
The British annex Zululand; it becomes part of Natal in 1897.

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