Adam Ferguson

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Adam Ferguson

by John Bryant Lane, published by William Evans, after T. Cadell & W. Davies, after Sir Henry Raeburn
stipple engraving, published 17 March 1815
15 3/4 in. x 11 5/8 in. (400 mm x 294 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D36688

Sitterback to top

  • Adam Ferguson (1723-1816), Philosopher and writer. Sitter in 2 portraits.

Artistsback to top

  • T. Cadell & W. Davies (active 1795-1817), Publishers. Artist or producer associated with 236 portraits.
  • William Evans (active 1797-1856), Draughtsman and engraver. Artist or producer associated with 103 portraits.
  • John Bryant Lane (1788-1868). Artist or producer associated with 2 portraits.
  • Sir Henry Raeburn (1756-1823), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 75 portraits, Sitter in 3 portraits.

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Current affairs

John and James Leigh Hunt are released from prison after a two year sentence for slandering the Prince of Wales in their outspoken, radical periodical the Examiner.
Corn Laws are introduced to protect against the collapse in prices which would inevitably follow peace with France, prompting riots in London.

Art and science

Humphry Davy invents the miners' safety lamp though its reception is clouded by William Clanny and George Stephenson who present rival models in the same year.
British Institution arranges first in innovative series of Old Master exhibitions
provoking virulent attack on its patrons for neglecting contemporary art.

International

Napoleon returns to France from exile in Elba and resumes power until his abdication on 22 June; a period known as the 'Hundred Days'.
Battle of Waterloo concludes the Anglo-French struggle that had lasted more than a century. Peace of Vienna establishes Britain's global political, economic and imperial dominance which lasts for the next hundred years.

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