'The Silver Oar versus The White Wand or The Helmsman'

1 portrait of King William IV

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'The Silver Oar versus The White Wand or The Helmsman'

by Charles Williams, published by John Fairburn
hand-coloured etching, published August 1828
9 1/2 in. x 13 7/8 in. (240 mm x 351 mm) paper size
Bequeathed by Sir Edward Dillon Lott du Cann, 2018
Reference Collection
NPG D48719

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  • John Fairburn (active 1793-1843). Artist or producer associated with 29 portraits.
  • Charles Williams (active 1797-1830), Etcher. Artist or producer associated with 23 portraits.

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Current affairs

Duke of Wellington becomes Prime Minister.
Madhouse Act attempts to regulate asylums and ensure new arrivals are genuinely insane.
Repeal of the Test Acts removes political restrictions from dissenters, allowing them to hold public office.

Art and science

London Zoological Gardens open in Regent's Park. They provide both entertainment and a supply of exotic specimens for naturalists and anatomists such as Richard Owen who becomes a European authority on the subject.

International

Daniel O'Connell is elected Member of Parliament for County Clare but as a Catholic is not permitted to take his seat.

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