Charlotte Addison (née Myddelton, formerly Charlotte Rich, Countess of Warwick and Holland)
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Charlotte Addison (née Myddelton, formerly Charlotte Rich, Countess of Warwick and Holland)
by Robert Bowyer Parkes, published by Jane Noseda, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
mezzotint, before 1881
9 1/8 in. x 7 in. (232 mm x 178 mm) plate size; 18 7/8 in. x 13 3/4 in. (479 mm x 350 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D37964
Sitterback to top
- Charlotte Addison (née Myddelton, formerly Charlotte Rich, Countess of Warwick and Holland) (1680-1731), Former wife of 6th Earl of Warwick, and later wife of Joseph Addison. Sitter associated with 3 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Jane Noseda (1814-circa 1894), Publisher and art dealer. Artist or producer associated with 3 portraits.
- Robert Bowyer Parkes (1830-1891), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 60 portraits.
- Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt (1646-1723), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 1689 portraits, Sitter associated with 30 portraits.
Events of 1881back to top
Current affairs
Benjamin Disraeli dies of bronchitis. He refuses a state funeral and is buried next to his wife, Mary Ann Viscountess Beaconsfield.Gladstone's Irish Land Act is passed in a bid to stop violence carried out by the republican Land League, conducted in protest at the 1870 Land Act.
Henry Mayers Hyndman forms the Marxist Democratic Federation.
Art and science
The Natural History Museum is opened on Exhibition Road, South Kensington. The museum, a landmark gothic design by the architect Alfred Waterhouse, was built to house specimens from the natural sciences, previously in the British Museum's collection. Today, the museum comprises of over 70 million items, and is a world-renowned research centre.International
Alexander II is assassinated in a bomb attack by members of a left-wing revolutionary movement. He was succeeded by his son, Tsar Alexander III.US President James Garfield is shot by Charles Guiteau.
The first Anglo-Boer war ends. The war is started by a Boer uprising, as the British had annexed the Transvaal in 1877. Following Britain's defeat at the Battle of Majuba Hill, a truce is signed giving the Boers self-government and later independence.
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