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Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

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Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

by Richard James Lane, after Alfred, Count D'Orsay
lithograph with some hand-colouring, (1 August 1837)
10 in. x 7 1/8 in. (254 mm x 182 mm) paper size
Reference Collection
NPG D46228

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  • Alfred, Count D'Orsay (1801-1852), Amateur artist and man of fashion. Artist or producer associated with 267 portraits, Sitter associated with 13 portraits.
  • Richard James Lane (1800-1872), Sculptor and lithographer. Artist or producer associated with 1226 portraits, Sitter in 6 portraits.

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  • NPG D1880: Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (from same stone)
  • NPG D45945: Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (from same stone)

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Current affairs

The controversial monarch William IV dies of pneumonia in June leaving no legitimate heirs, and is succeeded to the throne by his niece Victoria, one month after her eighteenth birthday.
The Registration Act of Births, Marriages and Deaths makes it compulsory for all births, marriages and deaths to be registered at a Registry Office.

Art and science

Dickens's second novel Oliver Twist is serialised in Bentley's Magazine. The story of the orphan Oliver is an attack on the Poor Law Amendment Acts (1834), a highly contentious piece of legislation which abolished outdoor relief, effectively increasing entry in the workhouse. The novel, famously made into a musical in 1968, marks Dickens as an outspoken social critic as well as a highly popular and commercial writer.

International

The Russian poet Aleksandr Pushkin is killed in a duel with Baron Georges d'Anthès. Considered the founder of modern Russian literature, Pushkin blended Old Slavonic with vernacular Russian and was the first Russian writer to use everyday speech in his poetry. His works include Eugene Onegin.

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