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Sir Robert Ker Porter

by William Oakley Burgess, published by Paul and Dominic Colnaghi & Co, after George Henry Harlow
mezzotint, published 11 March 1843
17 5/8 in. x 13 3/8 in. (449 mm x 340 mm) paper size
Given by Sir Herbert Henry Raphael, 1st Bt, 1913
Reference Collection
NPG D19707

Sitterback to top

  • Sir Robert Ker Porter (1777-1842), Painter and traveller. Sitter in 4 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 7 portraits.

Artistsback to top

  • William Oakley Burgess (1818-1844), Printmaker. Artist or producer associated with 12 portraits.
  • Paul and Dominic Colnaghi & Co (active 1830-1890), Printsellers and publishers. Artist or producer associated with 104 portraits.
  • George Henry Harlow (1787-1819), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 81 portraits, Sitter associated with 3 portraits.

Related worksback to top

  • NPG D14453: Sir Robert Ker Porter (from same plate)
  • NPG D40365: Sir Robert Ker Porter (from same plate)

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Events of 1843back to top

Current affairs

Sir Henry Cole commissions 1,000 copies of the first Christmas card, designed by John Callcott Horsley. Cole would later be instrumental in staging the Great Exhibition, and in developing science and art education in Britain.
Nelson's statue, by E.H. Bailey, is placed on top of its column in Trafalgar Square.

Art and science

The Theatre Regulations Act is passed, abolishing the privileged position of the 'major' theatres which held letters patent from the crown, allowing all theatres to perform 'legitimate' theatre.
First volume of Ruskin's Modern Painters published, praising Turner and demanding that artists should demonstrate 'truth to nature' in their work. Ruskin is a great inspiration to the Pre-Raphaelites.

International

The first experimental telegraph wire is constructed between Baltimore and Washington, using Morse code to send a message. The code, in which pulses of current deflect an electromagnet, moving a marker and producing written codes on a strip of paper, had been invented by Samuel Morse in 1838. The line officially opens in 1844.

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