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Johann Bernhard Logier

by Henry Meyer, after James Robert Maguire
stipple engraving, circa 1820s
11 in. x 8 in. (278 mm x 202 mm) plate size; 13 in. x 9 7/8 in. (331 mm x 252 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D40204

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  • James Robert Maguire (active 1809-1850), Portrait painter and miniaturist. Artist or producer associated with 1 portrait.
  • Henry Meyer (1782?-1847), Portrait painter and engraver. Artist or producer associated with 281 portraits.

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George III dies at Windsor Castle on 29 January and George IV ascends to the throne.
'Trial of Queen Caroline' in the House of Lords; Parliament drops the Bill which was to legitimise a divorce between Caroline and George IV.
Cato Street Conspiracy to assassinate the cabinet discovered. Arthur Thistlewood and fellow conspirators are hanged.

Art and science

Sir Thomas Lawrence becomes President of the Royal Academy.
Astronomical Society is set up by John Herschel and Charles Babbage.
First iron steamship is launched.

International

Actor, Edmund Kean goes on a successful tour of America after making his name at the Drury Lane Theatre.
Revolutions begin in Spain, Portugal and Naples.
The famous ancient Greek statue of the Venus de Milo is rediscovered on the Island of Melos and purchased by the Louvre in Paris.

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