Thomas James Judkin
Thomas James Judkin
by and published by James Scott, printed by Dixon & Ross, after William Fisk
mezzotint, published 2 June 1834
14 3/8 in. x 12 3/4 in. (365 mm x 323 mm) plate size; 19 3/8 in. x 15 1/4 in. (492 mm x 387 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Whitin Fund, 1955
Reference Collection
NPG D36746
Sitterback to top
- Thomas James Judkin (1788-1871), Curate, hymn writer and poet. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Artistsback to top
- Dixon & Ross (active 1833-1846), Printers. Artist associated with 7 portraits.
- William Fisk (1796-1872), Portrait and history painter. Artist associated with 5 portraits.
- James Scott (circa 1809-circa 1889), Engraver. Artist associated with 132 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
Placesback to top
- Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (12 Gee Street, Clarendon Square, London)
Events of 1834back to top
Current affairs
Sir Robert Peel, Tory, replaces Whig Lord Melbourne as Prime Minister, promising measured reform in a shift from reactionary 'Tory' to more measured 'Conservative' politics (he had voted for the 1832 Reform Act).Trial of Tolpuddle Martyrs, six labourers transported to Australia after trying to raise funds for workers in need by forming a Friendly Society.
Art and science
Charles Babbage's invents the Analytic Machine. Considered to be the forerunner to the modern computer, the machine was able to make automatic mathematical calculations.Edward Bulwer-Lytton publishes his hugely popular, but now largely neglected, novel Last Days of Pompeii, set in the Italian city at the time of Mount Vesuvius' eruption in 79AD.
International
Dom Miguel I, King of Portugal, is defeated by his brother Pedro IV, in the Portuguese civil war.Slavery is abolished in the British dominions, although slaves still working are indentured to their former owners in an 'apprenticeship' system; the philanthropist Joseph Sturge was a prominent critic of the policy, which was abolished in 1838. Whilst slave owners received compensation, slaves received nothing.
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