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Augusta Marie Minna Fitzalan-Howard (née Lyons), Duchess of Norfolk

54 of 74 portraits by William Henry Mote

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Augusta Marie Minna Fitzalan-Howard (née Lyons), Duchess of Norfolk

by William Henry Mote, printed by McQueen (Macqueen), published by Edward Francis Finden, and published by William Finden, after Sir William Charles Ross
stipple engraving, published 1849
16 3/8 in. x 11 in. (416 mm x 279 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D38992

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  • Edward Francis Finden (1791-1857), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 33 portraits.
  • William Finden (1787-1852), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 33 portraits.
  • McQueen (Macqueen) (active 1819-1872), Printers. Artist or producer associated with 72 portraits.
  • William Henry Mote (1803-1871), Line and stipple engraver. Artist or producer associated with 74 portraits.
  • Sir William Charles Ross (1794-1860), Miniature painter. Artist or producer associated with 97 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.

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Current affairs

Benjamin Disraeli becomes Conservative leader in the House of Commons.
Bedford College for Women is founded, following on from the foundation of Queen's College for Women the previous year.
Henry Mayhew, the social researcher and reform advocate, begins publishing his extensive statistical survey into the living conditions of urban communities, London Labour and the London Poor in the Morning Chronicle.

Art and science

With the death of his father Johann Strauss the Elder, Johann Baptist Strauss, the Austrian violinist and composer combines his and his father's orchestra, becoming known as 'the Waltz King'. His famous waltzes include The Blue Danube (1867). Dante Gabriel Rossetti paints his sister, the poet Christina, in The Girlhood of Mary Virgin.

International

Rome is briefly proclaimed a republic after the papal states are overthrown by Italian republicans. Napoleon's dependency on French Catholics leads him however to help restore papal authority. The restoration of Austrian military rule in Italy further darkens hopes of a self-ruling Italian nationhood.
Communist riots are suppressed in Paris.

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