Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill
9 of 25 portraits of Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill
by A. Easto, published by Edward Orme, after W.P.J. Lodder (Loder)
stipple engraving, published 9 April 1816
10 1/8 in. x 8 in. (258 mm x 204 mm) plate size; 14 1/2 in. x 10 1/8 in. (369 mm x 258 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D35821
Artistsback to top
- A. Easto (1781-1844), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 4 portraits.
- W.P.J. Lodder (Loder) (active 1783-1804), Painter. Artist or producer associated with 5 portraits.
- Edward Orme (1775-1848), Engraver, printseller and property developer. Artist or producer associated with 36 portraits.
Placesback to top
- Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (Bond Street, corner of Brook Street, London)
Events of 1816back to top
Current affairs
Marriage of Princess Charlotte to Leopold I.Income Tax abolished.
Unsuccessful Spa Fields Riot led by the ultra-radical Arthur Thistlewood which aimed to attack the Tower of London and the Bank of England and set up a ruling 'Committee of Public Safety' following the French model.
Art and science
Jane Austen publishes Emma.Leeds and Liverpool Canal completed.
International
British Government buys the Elgin Marbles, taken from the Acropolis in Athens by Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, and brought to England between 1803 and 1812. Their acquisition prompts support from Thomas Lawrence and Benjamin Robert Haydon and condemnation from Lord Byron.Slave rebellion fails in Barbados; four hundred slaves are executed.
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