Matthew Wilks
1 portrait by Richard Woodman
© National Portrait Gallery, London
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Matthew Wilks
by and published by Richard Woodman
stipple engraving, published 20 March 1829
13 in. x 9 5/8 in. (330 mm x 246 mm) plate size; 18 5/8 in. x 13 1/8 in. (472 mm x 334 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1962
Reference Collection
NPG D37536
Artistback to top
- Richard Woodman (1784-1859), Engraver and portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 30 portraits.
Placesback to top
- Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (42 Rathbone Place, Oxford Street, London)
Events of 1829back to top
Current affairs
Metropolitan police force of over three thousand paid, uniformed, professional policemen founded by Home Secretary Sir Robert Peel.Roman Catholic Relief Act grants emancipation; Catholics admitted to vote, sit in parliament and hold almost all public offices.
Art and science
Success of George Stephenson's Rocket steam engine at Rainhill Trials.First London bus service licensed; the new 'box-on-wheels' contributes greatly to the expansion of the suburbs.
Apsley House completed for the Duke of Wellington by Benjamin Wyatt.
First Oxford and Cambridge boat race.
International
Andrew Jackson is elected President of the United States.Comments back to top
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