William Kitchener

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William Kitchener

by and published by Charles Turner, published by Robert Jennings
mezzotint, published 1 September 1827
20 1/4 in. x 14 1/8 in. (513 mm x 358 mm) plate size; 26 1/4 in. x 19 in. (667 mm x 482 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1929
Reference Collection
NPG D36896

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  • Robert Jennings (active 1811-1851), Publisher, bookseller and printseller. Artist or producer associated with 3 portraits.
  • Charles Turner (1773-1857), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 634 portraits, Sitter in 2 portraits.

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Current affairs

Lord Liverpool suffers a stroke and is forced to resign as Prime Minister. George Canning succeeds him only to die after four months in office.

Art and science

University College London, the first metropolitan university in England, is founded specifically to educate dissenters excluded from Oxford and Cambridge. Whig politician Henry Brougham, writer Thomas Campbell and financier and philanthropist Isaac Goldsmid are its principal patrons.

International

Britain, France and Russia sign a treaty in London agreeing to intervene in the Greek War of Independence. Allied troops under General Edward Codrington subsequently destroy Turkish and Egyptian fleets at the Battle of Navarino.
Western Australia is explored for the first time by Captain Stirling.

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