Hon. James William Bosville-Macdonald ('Men of the Day. No. 128. "Jim"')







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Hon. James William Bosville-Macdonald ('Men of the Day. No. 128. "Jim"')
by James Jacques Tissot
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 1 April 1876
14 1/8 in. x 9 1/2 in. (359 mm x 242 mm) paper size
acquired
Reference Collection
NPG D43738
Sitterback to top
- Hon. James William Bosville-Macdonald (1810-1882), Soldier; son of 3rd Baron Macdonald. Sitter in 3 portraits.
Artistback to top
- James Jacques Tissot (1836-1902), French painter and printmaker. Artist or producer associated with 68 portraits.
Events of 1876back to top
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Following the introduction of the Royal Titles Act, Queen Victoria is proclaimed Empress of India, with Disraeli deliberately flattering Victoria's imperialist ambitions. In turn, Victoria creates Disraeli Earl of Beaconsfield; he continues to run government from the Lords.Art and science
The classical-subject painter Lawrence Alma-Tadema, famous for his elegant depictions of the Roman Empire, paints An Audience at Agrippa's.US inventor Alexander Graham Bell invents and patents the telephone following research into vocal physiology and speech instruction for the deaf, after discovering that sound could be transmitted and reconverted through an electric wire by using a continuous electric current.
International
15,000 Bulgarian Christians are slaughtered by Turkish troops in retaliation for the killing of 300 Turks in Batak at the start of the Bulgarian uprising. The Turkish government practices further repression by compulsorily transferring people of other ethnicities to Bulgaria to make the Bulgarians a minority. Gladstone published a pamphlet The Bulgarian Horrors and the Question of the East attacking Turkish actions, selling 200,000 copies in a month.Tell us more back to top
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