Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava
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by Charles Holl, after Henry Tanworth Wells
stipple engraving, 1869 or after
11 5/8 in. x 8 7/8 in. (296 mm x 226 mm) plate size; 23 1/2 in. x 17 3/8 in. (598 mm x 440 mm) paper size
acquired unknown source, 1962
Reference Collection
NPG D35776
Sitterback to top
- Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1826-1902), Diplomat and administrator. Sitter in 21 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Charles Holl (circa 1810-1882), Engraver. Artist associated with 28 portraits.
- Henry Tanworth Wells (1828-1903), Miniature and portrait painter. Artist associated with 107 portraits, Sitter in 8 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D20714: Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (from same plate)
- NPG D35775: Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (from same plate)
Events of 1869back to top
Current affairs
Gladstone introduces the Irish Church Disestablishment Act, which disestablishes the Church of Ireland, disassociating it from the state and repealing the paying of tithes to the Anglican Church of Ireland.Girton College is founded in Cambridge by Barbara Bodichon and Emily Davies, the first residential college for women in England; women were granted full membership to the University in 1948.
Art and science
Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev invents the periodic table of elements, which arranges elements within a group in order of their atomic mass.The British scientist Mary Somerville publishes her last book On Molecular and Microscopic Science.
Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir paint together in the open air at La Grenouillère, developing the Impressionist style.
International
The Suez canal opens, linking the Red Sea and the Gulf of Suez with the Mediterranean Sea, and transforming trade routes between Europe and Asia as merchants no longer had to circumvent Africa. The canal was largely in British and French control until Egyptian nationalisation in 1956, which sparked off the international Suez crisis.Serialisation of Leo Tolstoy's epic novel of Russian society during the Napoleonic wars, War and Peace finishes.
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