John Opie

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John Opie

by Samuel William Reynolds, published by John Jeffryes, after John Opie
mezzotint, published 1 June 1802
13 7/8 in. x 9 3/4 in. (353 mm x 249 mm) plate size; 19 1/4 in. x 13 5/8 in. (490 mm x 347 mm) paper size
Given by the daughter of compiler William Fleming MD, Mary Elizabeth Stopford (née Fleming), 1931
Reference Collection
NPG D39357

Sitterback to top

  • John Opie (1761-1807), Portrait and history painter. Sitter in 13 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 151 portraits.

Artistsback to top

  • John Jeffryes (active 1793-1804), Printseller. Artist or producer associated with 16 portraits.
  • John Opie (1761-1807), Portrait and history painter. Artist or producer associated with 151 portraits, Sitter in 13 portraits.
  • Samuel William Reynolds (1773-1835), Mezzotint engraver and painter. Artist or producer associated with 637 portraits, Sitter in 3 portraits.

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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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