Charles John Kean and Eleanora ('Ellen') Kean (née Tree) as Sir Walter and Lady Amyott in Lovell's 'The Wife's Secrets'
24 of 28 portraits of Charles John Kean
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Charles John Kean and Eleanora ('Ellen') Kean (née Tree) as Sir Walter and Lady Amyott in Lovell's 'The Wife's Secrets'
by Richard James Lane, printed by M & N Hanhart, published by John Mitchell, after Alfred Edward Chalon
lithograph, published 15 April 1848
23 7/8 in. x 16 3/8 in. (605 mm x 417 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1908
Reference Collection
NPG D36755
Sittersback to top
- Charles John Kean (1811-1868), Actor and theatre manager; second son of Edmund Kean. Sitter associated with 28 portraits.
- Eleanora ('Ellen') Kean (née Tree) (1805-1880), Actress. Sitter associated with 19 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Alfred Edward Chalon (1780-1860), Portrait and subject painter. Artist or producer associated with 180 portraits, Sitter associated with 1 portrait.
- M & N Hanhart (active 1839-1882), Lithographic printers. Artist or producer associated with 334 portraits.
- Richard James Lane (1800-1872), Sculptor and lithographer. Artist or producer associated with 1226 portraits, Sitter in 6 portraits.
- John Mitchell (active 1832-died 1889), Publisher. Artist or producer associated with 206 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D22241: Charles John Kean and Eleanora ('Ellen') Kean (née Tree) as Sir Walter and Lady Amyott in Lovell's 'The Wife's Secrets' (from same stone)
- NPG D22014: Charles John Kean and Eleanora ('Ellen') Kean (née Tree) as Sir Walter and Lady Amyott in Lovell's 'The Wife's Secrets' (from same stone)
Events of 1848back to top
Current affairs
Led by Feargus O'Connor, up to 50,000 Chartist members meet on Kennington Common, to form a procession and present another petition to Parliament. Although there was a large military and police presence, the rally was peaceful.Art and science
The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood a group of English painters, poets and critics, is founded by John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Holman Hunt, intent on reforming art by rejecting the artists who imitated Raphael and Michelangelo. Instead, they advocated a return to a close observation of nature, invested with the intense detail, colours, and compositions of Quattrocento Italian and Flemish art, producing works layered with symbolism.International
Following the fall of the French monarchy, revolutions take place in France, Germany and Italy, provoked by a widespread desire for political independence from repressive regimes, and a range of economic problems which had caused unemployment, food shortages and poverty. Louis Napoleon becomes the first President of France's Second Republic.The first gold rush takes place in America, after gold is found on the Sacramento river, California.
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