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Sir James Mackintosh

57 of 83 portraits by Joseph Dickinson

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Sir James Mackintosh

by Isaac Wane Slater, printed by Charles Joseph Hullmandel, published by Joseph Dickinson, published by and after Joseph Slater
lithograph, published 3 July 1832
19 7/8 in. x 14 1/2 in. (506 mm x 368 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1951
Reference Collection
NPG D38104

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  • Joseph Dickinson (1780-1849), Stationer and lithographic publisher. Artist or producer associated with 83 portraits.
  • Charles Joseph Hullmandel (1789-1850), Lithographic draughtsman and printer. Artist or producer associated with 106 portraits.
  • Isaac Wane Slater (1784-1836), Painter and lithographer. Artist or producer associated with 21 portraits.
  • Joseph Slater (circa 1779-1837), Painter and draughtsman. Artist or producer associated with 127 portraits.

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Current affairs

William IV agrees to the creation of new peers in order to obtain the passage of the Reform Act, although this proved unnecessary when the Tories withdrew opposition. Male franchise is extended by fifty percent; fifty-six 'rotten boroughs' lose representation and forty-one new constituencies are created. Irish and Scottish Reform Acts are also passed.

Art and science

Mathematician Charles Babbage publishes his best selling Economy of Machinery and Manufactures. In response to recent outbreaks of machine-breaking and riots, he aimed to reveal the sources of Britain's industrial strength to the urban elite and promote institutional change.
Parliament votes funds for National Gallery buildings in Trafalgar Square.

International

Free land grants end for English settlers in Australia on recommendation of the leading colonisation theorist Edward Wakefield in his Letter from Sydney.
Greek independence recognised by the Treaty of London.

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