Charles Cecil John Manners, 6th Duke of Rutland
48 of 116 portraits by Sir Francis Grant
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Charles Cecil John Manners, 6th Duke of Rutland
by George Raphael Ward, printed by Dixon & Ross, published by Samuel Ridge, after Sir Francis Grant
mezzotint, published 26 July 1847
13 7/8 in. x 10 3/4 in. (352 mm x 273 mm) plate size; 21 5/8 in. x 17 3/8 in. (548 mm x 440 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1956
Reference Collection
NPG D39959
Sitterback to top
- Charles Cecil John Manners, 6th Duke of Rutland (1815-1888), Politician; Conservative Leader in the Commons. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Dixon & Ross (active 1833-1846), Printers. Artist or producer associated with 9 portraits.
- Sir Francis Grant (1803-1878), Portrait painter and President of the Royal Academy; Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery. Artist or producer associated with 116 portraits, Sitter associated with 21 portraits.
- Samuel Ridge (active 1826-1849), Bookseller, stationer, printer and bookbinder. Artist or producer associated with 1 portrait.
- George Raphael Ward (1799-1878), Painter and engraver. Artist or producer associated with 50 portraits.
Events of 1847back to top
Current affairs
The 10 Hours Factory Act passed, regulating working hours for women and children under the age of eighteen to a maximum of ten hours a day.The Communist League is founded in London, and drew up a set of rules and aims, including overthrowing the bourgeoisie and empowering the Proleteriat, and ending class division, forming the basis of Karl Marx's The Communist Manifesto (1848).}
Death and emigration resulting from starvation, plague and disease during worst year of the Great Famine in Ireland, known as Black 47.
Art and science
A good year for novels: Emily Bronte's passionate, rebellious and gothic Wuthering Heightsis published, followed shortly by her sister Charlotte's 'Jane Eyre, a story of a governess's struggle for liberty from social and gender constrictions. Drawing on a similar vein of revolution and rebellious women, William Thackeray's satirical novel Vanity Fair is serialised.International
The Don Pacifico affair sparks an international incident, when the Jewish trader's business was burned in an anti-semitic attack in Athens. When the Greek government refused to compensate him, Gibraltar-born Pacifico appealed to the British government. Foreign Minister Palmerston sent a squadron into the Aegean in 1850 to seize goods of the equivalent value, leading to strained relations with Turkey and Russia, and heated debates in Parliament.
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