William Curtis
1 portrait by William Evans
© National Portrait Gallery, London
William Curtis
by William Evans, after Unknown artist
stipple engraving, published 1 March 1802
Given by Henry Witte Martin, 1861
Reference Collection
NPG D2241
Artistsback to top
- William Evans (active 1797-1856), Draughtsman and engraver. Artist or producer associated with 103 portraits.
- Unknown artist, Artist. Artist or producer associated with 6578 portraits.
Events of 1802back to top
Current affairs
After returning from Naples, Nelson tours England with the diplomat and antiquarian Sir William Hamilton and his wife Emma, with whom he was having an affair. With Nelson's status confirmed as a national hero, their reception outrivals that of the King.Extensive strikes in government shipyards led by John Gast.
Art and science
Francis Jeffrey, MP and arbiter of literary taste, co-founds the Edinburgh Review, the influential Whig quarterly which voiced strong criticism of Wordsworth, Coleridge and Southey.The Exchange, where stocks were traded, is rebuilt to cope with an increase in business during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
International
Peace of Amiens; Britain finally agrees to unpopular peace, leaving France the chief power in Europe and returning recent British colonial acquisitions.Napoleon is declared First Consul of the French Empire for life.
English flock to see the international war plunder now on display at the Louvre in Paris.
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