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Gilbert Wakefield

1 of 5 portraits by Hannah Macklin (née Kenting)

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Gilbert Wakefield

by Robert Dunkarton, published by Hannah Macklin (née Kenting), after William Artaud
mezzotint, published 1802
20 1/8 in. x 14 in. (511 mm x 357 mm) paper size
Acquired, 2010
Reference Collection
NPG D37976

Sitterback to top

  • Gilbert Wakefield (1756-1801), Scholar and controversialist. Sitter in 11 portraits.

Artistsback to top

  • William Artaud (1763-1823), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 19 portraits, Sitter in 2 portraits.
  • Robert Dunkarton (circa 1744-circa 1815), Engraver and portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 166 portraits.
  • Hannah Macklin (née Kenting) (died 1808), Printer and publisher. Artist or producer associated with 5 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.

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Current affairs

After returning from Naples, Nelson tours England with the diplomat and antiquarian Sir William Hamilton and his wife Emma, with whom he was having an affair. With Nelson's status confirmed as a national hero, their reception outrivals that of the King.
Extensive strikes in government shipyards led by John Gast.

Art and science

Francis Jeffrey, MP and arbiter of literary taste, co-founds the Edinburgh Review, the influential Whig quarterly which voiced strong criticism of Wordsworth, Coleridge and Southey.
The Exchange, where stocks were traded, is rebuilt to cope with an increase in business during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.

International

Peace of Amiens; Britain finally agrees to unpopular peace, leaving France the chief power in Europe and returning recent British colonial acquisitions.
Napoleon is declared First Consul of the French Empire for life.
English flock to see the international war plunder now on display at the Louvre in Paris.

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