Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley when 2nd Earl of Mornington
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley when 2nd Earl of Mornington
by Sir Emery Walker, after Richard Cosway
photogravure, late 19th-early 20th century (1783)
5 in. x 3 3/4 in. (126 mm x 94 mm) plate size; 7 3/8 in. x 4 3/4 in. (187 mm x 120 mm) paper size
Given by Westminster Public Libraries, 1943
Reference Collection
NPG D7595
Sitterback to top
- Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley (1760-1842), Politician and Governor-General of India; brother of Wellington. Sitter associated with 19 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Richard Cosway (1742-1821), Miniature painter. Artist or producer associated with 101 portraits, Sitter in 16 portraits.
- Sir Emery Walker (1851-1933), Process-engraver and printer. Artist or producer associated with 141 portraits, Sitter in 11 portraits.
Events of 1870back to top
Current affairs
William Edward Forster's Education Act is passed, making provisions for education for all under-13s. It demonstrated the balance in Gladstone's first ministry between progressive reform and conservativism by spreading literacy, whilst maintaining the status of Church schools.The Married Women's Property Act gives wives rights over their own earnings.
Art and science
The Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's fantasy-overture Romeo and Juliet, based on Shakespeare's play and written with the aid of composer Mily Balakirev, debuts in Moscow, conducted by Nikolai Rubenstein.W. G. Grace becomes cricket captain of Gloucestershire, marking the start of a successful decade for the club in which they won three 'Champion County' titles.
International
Isaac Butt, an Irish MP at Westminster, forms the Home Rule Association.The Franco-Prussian war breaks out between France and a coalition of German states led by Prussia. Provoked by the candidacy of German Prince Leopold Hohenzollen-Sigmaringen for the Spanish throne, France declared war in July after Bismark published the deliberately provocative Ems telegraph, in which the French were represented in an offensive light on the issue.
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