'The School of Reform' (Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey; John Singleton Copley, Baron Lyndhurst; Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux; Henry Goulburn; Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington; Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Bt and five other unknown sitters)
1 of 8 portraits by Charles Jameson Grant
© National Portrait Gallery, London
'The School of Reform' (Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey; John Singleton Copley, Baron Lyndhurst; Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux; Henry Goulburn; Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington; Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Bt and five other unknown sitters)
by Charles Jameson Grant, published by S. Gans
hand-coloured etching, published February 1831
14 1/4 in. x 10 3/4 in. (362 mm x 273 mm) paper size
Bequeathed by Sir Edward Dillon Lott du Cann, 2018
Reference Collection
NPG D48845
Artistsback to top
- S. Gans (active 1829-1831), Publisher. Artist or producer associated with 17 portraits.
- Charles Jameson Grant (active 1830-1852), Caricaturist. Artist or producer associated with 8 portraits.
Sittersback to top
- Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778-1868), Lord Chancellor. Sitter associated with 280 portraits.
- Henry Goulburn (1784-1856), Conservative politician; MP for Cambridge University. Sitter associated with 32 portraits.
- Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (1764-1845), Prime Minister. Sitter associated with 190 portraits.
- John Singleton Copley, Baron Lyndhurst (1772-1863), Lord Chancellor and politician; son of the painter John Singleton Copley. Sitter associated with 131 portraits.
- Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Bt (1788-1850), Prime Minister. Sitter associated with 323 portraits.
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), Field Marshal and Prime Minister. Sitter associated with 640 portraits.
Events of 1831back to top
Current affairs
Parliamentary Reform Bill is rejected by the House of Lords prompting riots in Nottingham, Derby and Bristol.Art and science
Michael Faraday demonstrates electromagnetic induction.Death of Lady Sarah Ponsonby, last of the famous Ladies of Llangollen who attracted many of the leading names in art and literature to visit them at their home in Plas Newydd, Wales.
Opening of New London Bridge, designed by John Rennie.
International
Violinist Niccolo Paganini arrives in England from Italy and embarks on a six month tour of the country after astonishing London audiences with his virtuoso performances.Revolutionary outbreaks in Modena, Parma and the Papal States influenced by the July Revolution in France the previous year.
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