Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond and Lennox

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Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond and Lennox

by James Macardell, published by George Smith, after William Smith
mezzotint, 1850 or after
13 7/8 in. x 9 3/4 in. (351 mm x 248 mm) plate size; 15 3/8 in. x 11 1/8 in. (389 mm x 282 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1868
Reference Collection
NPG D39746

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  • James Macardell (1727 or 1728-1765), Mezzotint engraver. Artist or producer associated with 294 portraits, Sitter in 3 portraits.
  • George Smith (1713-1776), Landscape painter and poet. Artist or producer associated with 3 portraits, Sitter in 4 portraits.
  • William Smith (1706 or 1707-1764), Painter. Artist or producer associated with 3 portraits, Sitter in 3 portraits.

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  • NPG D39745: Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond and Lennox (from same plate)

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Current affairs

Cardinal Wiseman, a Catholic priest who had exerted a strong influence on the Oxford movement, is made a Cardinal and leader of the Catholic church in England, thus restoring Roman Catholic hierarchy in England.

Art and science

Death of poet laureate William Wordsworth; his great autobiographical poem The Prelude is published posthumously, famously charting the growth of the poet's mind.
Tennyson's In Memoriam is also published. A poignant record of his grief over the death of his friend Arthur Hallam, the poem also movingly questions the strength of faith in an increasingly scientific age.

International

Up to 50,000 pioneers travel west in wagons on the Oregon trail in the United States, one of the main overland migration routes across the continent. Spanning over half the continent, the trail led 2,170 miles through territories and land which would later become six US states, including Kansas, Wyoming and Oregon, helping the US to implement its goal of Manifest Destiny - building a nation spanning the North American continent.

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