James Lowther ('Statesmen. No. 263.')
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James Lowther ('Statesmen. No. 263.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 8 December 1877
14 1/8 in. x 9 1/2 in. (359 mm x 242 mm) paper size
acquired
Reference Collection
NPG D43826
Sitterback to top
- James Lowther (1840-1904), Sportsman and Conservative politician; MP for York, North Lincolnshire and Isle of Thanet. Sitter in 9 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Sir Leslie Ward (1851-1922), 'Spy'; caricaturist and portrait painter; son of Edward Matthew Ward. Artist associated with 1618 portraits, Sitter in 9 portraits.
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Events of 1877back to top
Current affairs
Trial of social activists Annie Besant and Charles Bradlaugh following their publication of a book by the American birth-control campaigner Charles Knowlton, which suggested that working class families should be able to practice birth control. Although found guilty, the case was thrown out on a technical fault.Art and science
The Grosevenor Gallery opens, founded by Sir Coutts Lindsay, as a rival to the Royal Academy. It exhibited work by artists such as Edward Burne-Jones and Walter Crane, outside of the British mainstream, and became famous as the home of the Aesthetic movement.The first Lawn Tennis Championship is held at Wimbledon with around 20 male competitors, witnessed by a few hundred spectators. Spencer Gore the first singles champion, wins 12 guineas.
International
The American inventor Thomas Edison invents the tin foil phonograph, combining the technologies of the telegraph and telephone. Experimenting with a stylus on a tinfoil cylinder, he recorded and played back the short message 'Mary had a little lamb'.Tell us more back to top
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