James Russell Lowell

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James Russell Lowell

by Moritz Klinkicht, supplement to the Illustrated London News, after Elliott & Fry
wood engraving, published 15 August 1891
23 1/4 in. x 16 1/4 in. (592 mm x 414 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1929
Reference Collection
NPG D37462

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  • Elliott & Fry (active 1863-1962), Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 10998 portraits.
  • Illustrated London News (active 1842-2003), Publisher. Artist or producer associated with 86 portraits.
  • Moritz Klinkicht (1845-after 1912), Wood engraver. Artist or producer associated with 6 portraits.

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Current affairs

The Irish Nationalist leader Charles Parnell is forced to resign after being named in the divorce proceedings brought by William O'Shea against his wife Kitty, who had been Parnell's mistress for a decade. The scandal severely damages the campaign for the Home Rule Bill, contributing greatly to its subsequent failure. Parnell's health also suffered; he contracted rheumatic fever and died a few months after resigning.

Art and science

Thomas Hardy's publishes Tess of the D'Urbervilles, a tragedy which explores the consequences of the young Tess's seduction by the wealthy Alec D'Urberville. In the novel, Hardy sets forward his major concerns about the individual's powerlessness before fate, whilst radically critiquing the hypocritical double standards of contemporary morals.

International

The construction of Trans-Siberian railway, the longest single rail system in Russia, begins in the Urals and at Vladivostock. Running between Moscow and Vladivostock, work was completed in 1917.
The German aviation pioneer Otto Lilenthal takes off in the first glider from a hill near Potsdam, the first of many guided flights and an important step in the development of aerial technology.

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