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Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Baron Skelmersdale

by William James Ward, published by Colnaghi & Co, after Thomas Stewardson
mezzotint, published 1834
14 in. x 10 in. (355 mm x 255 mm) plate size; 18 in. x 13 1/2 in. (456 mm x 344 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D41715

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  • Colnaghi & Co (active 1809-1835), Publishers. Artist or producer associated with 101 portraits.
  • Thomas Stewardson (1781-1859), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 25 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
  • William James Ward (circa 1800-1840), Engraver; son of William Ward. Artist or producer associated with 40 portraits.

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  • NPG D1240: Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Baron Skelmersdale (from same plate)
  • NPG D1698: Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Baron Skelmersdale (from same plate)

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Current affairs

Sir Robert Peel, Tory, replaces Whig Lord Melbourne as Prime Minister, promising measured reform in a shift from reactionary 'Tory' to more measured 'Conservative' politics (he had voted for the 1832 Reform Act).
Trial of Tolpuddle Martyrs, six labourers transported to Australia after trying to raise funds for workers in need by forming a Friendly Society.

Art and science

Charles Babbage's invents the Analytic Machine. Considered to be the forerunner to the modern computer, the machine was able to make automatic mathematical calculations.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton publishes his hugely popular, but now largely neglected, novel Last Days of Pompeii, set in the Italian city at the time of Mount Vesuvius' eruption in 79AD.

International

Dom Miguel I, King of Portugal, is defeated by his brother Pedro IV, in the Portuguese civil war.
Slavery is abolished in the British dominions, although slaves still working are indentured to their former owners in an 'apprenticeship' system; the philanthropist Joseph Sturge was a prominent critic of the policy, which was abolished in 1838. Whilst slave owners received compensation, slaves received nothing.

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