John Keate

1 portrait by Richard Dighton

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John Keate

by and published by Richard Dighton
hand-coloured etching, published 1816
9 1/2 in. x 7 3/4 in. (242 mm x 198 mm) plate size; 11 1/8 in. x 8 3/8 in. (282 mm x 214 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D3455

Sitterback to top

  • John Keate (1773-1852), Headmaster of Eton. Sitter in 5 portraits.

Artistback to top

  • Richard Dighton (1795-1880), Portrait painter and caricaturist. Artist or producer associated with 313 portraits, Sitter associated with 1 portrait.

Related worksback to top

  • NPG D15237: John Keate (from same plate)
  • NPG 1116: John Keate (from same plate)
  • NPG D47086: John Keate ('A View taken at Eaton') (from same plate)

Events of 1816back to top

Current affairs

Marriage of Princess Charlotte to Leopold I.
Income Tax abolished.
Unsuccessful Spa Fields Riot led by the ultra-radical Arthur Thistlewood which aimed to attack the Tower of London and the Bank of England and set up a ruling 'Committee of Public Safety' following the French model.

Art and science

Jane Austen publishes Emma.
Leeds and Liverpool Canal completed.

International

British Government buys the Elgin Marbles, taken from the Acropolis in Athens by Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, and brought to England between 1803 and 1812. Their acquisition prompts support from Thomas Lawrence and Benjamin Robert Haydon and condemnation from Lord Byron.
Slave rebellion fails in Barbados; four hundred slaves are executed.

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