John Wilson
72 of 334 portraits by M & N Hanhart
© National Portrait Gallery, London
John Wilson
by Thomas Fairland, printed by M & N Hanhart, after James Rannie Swinton
hand-coloured lithograph, (1844)
20 5/8 in. x 15 5/8 in. (524 mm x 396 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1956
Reference Collection
NPG D37027
Sitterback to top
- John Wilson (1785-1854), Essayist and journalist; used the pseudonym 'Christopher North'. Sitter in 7 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Thomas Fairland (1804-1852), Lithographer. Artist or producer associated with 29 portraits.
- M & N Hanhart (active 1839-1882), Lithographic printers. Artist or producer associated with 334 portraits.
- James Rannie Swinton (1816-1888), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 63 portraits.
Events of 1844back to top
Current affairs
Britain experiences a railway boom. Peel's government passes a series of Acts creating provision of cheap, regular rail services. George Hudson, the first great railway entrepreneur, who controlled over 1,000 miles of railway track and whose enterprises made York a major commercial and transport hub, becomes known as 'the Railway King'.Art and science
Disraeli's Coningsby is published. The first of his 1840s 'Young England' trilogy, it was the cultural manifesto of Disraeli's vision for a new Conservativism.David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson set up their innovative and pioneering photography studio in Edinburgh, capturing portraits of both Scottish society figures and workers, as well as urban and rural landscape scenes.
International
Tensions continue to mount in Eastern Europe over Russian imperialist ambitions, as Tsar Nicholas I describes the Ottoman Empire as 'the Sick Man of Europe'.With the overthrow of the Haitians, the Spanish-speaking portion of the island of Hispaniola gains independence, as the Dominican Republic.
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