Maria Stanhope (née Foote), Countess of Harrington; John Liston; Charles Mathews; Charles Kemble; John Pritt Harley; Lewis Sapio; Madame Vestris

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Maria Stanhope (née Foote), Countess of Harrington; John Liston; Charles Mathews; Charles Kemble; John Pritt Harley; Lewis Sapio; Madame Vestris

by William Thomas Fry, published by Sherwood & Co, probably after Thomas Charles Wageman
engraving, published 1825
8 5/8 in. x 5 5/8 in. (220 mm x 144 mm) paper size
Given by Bonnie and Robert Meech, 2010
Reference Collection
NPG D38605

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  • William Thomas Fry (1789-1843), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 62 portraits.
  • Sherwood & Co (active 1828), Publishers. Artist or producer associated with 3 portraits.
  • Thomas Charles Wageman (1787-1863), Painter, printmaker and draughtsman. Artist or producer associated with 263 portraits, Sitter associated with 2 portraits.

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Current affairs

Strikes, contract breaking and worker intimidation prompt the passing of a new Anti-Trade Union Combination Act to the dismay of economist John McCulloch, MP Joseph Hume and radical Francis Place who had worked for the repeal of the previous year.
Catholic Relief Bill is rejected by the House of Lords.

Art and science

Construction of Thames Tunnel begins under the direction of Marc Isambard Brunel.
Stockton to Darlington Railway, the world's first passenger system, opens.
William Hazlitt publishes The Spirit of the Age; twenty-five pen-portraits of his contemporaries in the world of literature, philosophy and politics.

International

Beethoven's Ninth Symphony premieres in London.
John Quincy Adams is elected President of the United States.

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