Sir William Knighton, 1st Bt

1 portrait by Antoine Maurin

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Sir William Knighton, 1st Bt

by Antoine Maurin, printed by Thierry Frères, published by A.W. Galignani & Co, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
lithograph, published 1838
Given by Henry Witte Martin, 1861
Reference Collection
NPG D3502

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  • Thierry Frères (active 1841-1846), Lithographic printer. Artist or producer associated with 6 portraits.
  • A.W. Galignani & Co (active 1821-1866), Booksellers and publishers. Artist or producer associated with 1 portrait.
  • Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), Portrait painter, collector and President of the Royal Academy. Artist or producer associated with 696 portraits, Sitter in 25 portraits.
  • Antoine Maurin (1793-1860), Lithographer. Artist or producer associated with 20 portraits.

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Current affairs

The Anti-Corn Law league is established in Manchester, led by Richard Cobden and John Bright, aiming to create a fully free-trade economy.
The People's Charter is published, demanding many constitutional amendments that would become central to future democratic reform, including universal male suffrage and secret ballots. Despite having one million signatures (and 5 million by 1848), the petition was rejected.
Slavery is completely abolished.

Art and science

Turner's The Fighting Temeraire is exhibited at the Royal Academy. The Temeraire, which had broken the line at the Battle of Trafalgar, was a reflection on the rapid changes of the industrial age. This was demonstrated this year when Isambard Brunel's Great Western crosses the Atlantic, in just fifteen days - a ship under sail could take a month.
The London-Birmingham railway is also completed, the line engineered by Robert Stephenson.

International

The first stage in the formation of independent Boer republics in South Africa, as the Republic of Natal is formed in South Africa, following the Boers defeat of the Matabele of Mzilikasi. This comes two years after the Dutch-speaking inhabitants of the British-ruled colony of South Africa set out on the Great Trek, in search of their own independent state.
The Central American Federation, an experimental republic formed of several Latin states splits.

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