Charlotte Florentia Percy (née Clive), Duchess of Northumberland
7 of 16 portraits by Christina Robertson (née Saunders)
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Charlotte Florentia Percy (née Clive), Duchess of Northumberland
by Robert Graves, after and published by Christina Robertson (née Saunders)
line engraving, published 1 October 1827
14 7/8 in. x 11 1/8 in. (378 mm x 281 mm) plate size; 19 7/8 in. x 14 7/8 in. (506 mm x 379 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1955
Reference Collection
NPG D39315
Sitterback to top
- Charlotte Florentia Percy (née Clive), Duchess of Northumberland (1787-1866), Wife of 3rd Duke of Northumberland. Sitter in 5 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Robert Graves (1798-1873), Line engraver. Artist or producer associated with 34 portraits, Sitter in 6 portraits.
- Christina Robertson (née Saunders) (1796-1854), Miniature and portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 16 portraits.
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Events of 1827back to top
Current affairs
Lord Liverpool suffers a stroke and is forced to resign as Prime Minister. George Canning succeeds him only to die after four months in office.Art and science
University College London, the first metropolitan university in England, is founded specifically to educate dissenters excluded from Oxford and Cambridge. Whig politician Henry Brougham, writer Thomas Campbell and financier and philanthropist Isaac Goldsmid are its principal patrons.International
Britain, France and Russia sign a treaty in London agreeing to intervene in the Greek War of Independence. Allied troops under General Edward Codrington subsequently destroy Turkish and Egyptian fleets at the Battle of Navarino.Western Australia is explored for the first time by Captain Stirling.
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