Sir Percy Egerton Herbert
1 portrait by Thomas Lewis Atkinson
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir Percy Egerton Herbert
by Thomas Lewis Atkinson, published by Henry Graves & Co, after Sir Francis Grant
mezzotint, published 5 November 1858 (1857)
20 7/8 in. x 16 1/8 in. (531 mm x 408 mm) plate size; 24 1/4 in. x 18 5/8 in. (615 mm x 473 mm) paper size
Reference Collection
NPG D35706
Sitterback to top
- Sir Percy Egerton Herbert (1822-1876), Army officer and politician. Sitter in 2 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Thomas Lewis Atkinson (1817-circa 1890), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 49 portraits.
- Sir Francis Grant (1803-1878), Portrait painter and President of the Royal Academy; Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery. Artist or producer associated with 116 portraits, Sitter associated with 21 portraits.
- Henry Graves & Co (active 1844-1899), Publishers. Artist or producer associated with 257 portraits.
Events of 1858back to top
Current affairs
After Palmerston's government collapses, the Earl of Derby becomes Prime Minister for second time, again heading a minority government.The Property qualification for MPs is abolished; one of the demands made by the Chartists, this allowed men who did not own property to stand as parliamentary candidates. Lionel Nathan Rothschild becomes the first Jew to sit in Britain's House of Commons, taking his oath on the Old Testament.
Art and science
The pianist Charles Hallé founds a symphony orchestra in Manchester, the Halle; now Britain's oldest professional orchestra. The Hallé symphony rose to prominence in the mid-20th century, under the tenure of conductor John Barbirolli, during which time they made many recordings, including Ralph Vaughan Williams's Symphony No. 8.International
The British Crown assumes control of India from the East India Company.The Treaty of Tientsin, ending the Second Opium War, gives European powers new rights to intervene in Chinese affairs
The Fenian Brotherhood is founded by John O'Mahony, an Irish emigrant to the United States, to support Irish republican ambitions.
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