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The Catholic Sovereign, Safety Coach a new Start from the Castle Windsor - A regular Out and Outer

16 of 34 portraits of Elizabeth Conyngham (née Denison), Marchioness Conyngham

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The Catholic Sovereign, Safety Coach a new Start from the Castle Windsor - A regular Out and Outer

by Thomas Howell Jones, after Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published circa April 1829
10 in. x 15 in. (255 mm x 381 mm) plate size; 11 1/2 in. x 16 3/8 in. (291 mm x 416 mm) paper size
Bequeathed by Sir Edward Dillon Lott du Cann, 2018
Reference Collection
NPG D48747

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  • Samuel William Fores (baptised 1761-1838), Printseller and publisher. Artist associated with 109 portraits.
  • Thomas Howell Jones (active 1823-1848), Printmaker. Artist associated with 19 portraits.

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  • NPG D48746: The Catholic Sovereign, Safety Coach a new Start from the Castle Windsor - A regular Out and Outer (from same plate)

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Metropolitan police force of over three thousand paid, uniformed, professional policemen founded by Home Secretary Sir Robert Peel.
Roman Catholic Relief Act grants emancipation; Catholics admitted to vote, sit in parliament and hold almost all public offices.

Art and science

Success of George Stephenson's Rocket steam engine at Rainhill Trials.
First London bus service licensed; the new 'box-on-wheels' contributes greatly to the expansion of the suburbs.
Apsley House completed for the Duke of Wellington by Benjamin Wyatt.
First Oxford and Cambridge boat race.

International

Andrew Jackson is elected President of the United States.

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