George Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron Dover
6 of 10 portraits of George Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron Dover
George Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron Dover
by William Brett, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mezzotint, 1827
10 3/4 in. x 7 1/2 in. (273 mm x 190 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D1781
Sitterback to top
- George Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron Dover (1797-1833), A founder of the National Gallery. Sitter associated with 10 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- William Brett (active 1824-1830), Reproductive engraver. Artist associated with 7 portraits.
- Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), Portrait painter, collector and President of the Royal Academy. Artist associated with 687 portraits, Sitter in 25 portraits.
Events of 1827back to top
Current affairs
Lord Liverpool suffers a stroke and is forced to resign as Prime Minister. George Canning succeeds him only to die after four months in office.Art and science
University College London, the first metropolitan university in England, is founded specifically to educate dissenters excluded from Oxford and Cambridge. Whig politician Henry Brougham, writer Thomas Campbell and financier and philanthropist Isaac Goldsmid are its principal patrons.International
Britain, France and Russia sign a treaty in London agreeing to intervene in the Greek War of Independence. Allied troops under General Edward Codrington subsequently destroy Turkish and Egyptian fleets at the Battle of Navarino.Western Australia is explored for the first time by Captain Stirling.
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