Louise Jane Jopling (née Goode, later Rowe)
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Share thisLouise Jane Jopling (née Goode, later Rowe)
by Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt
oil on canvas, 1879
48 7/8 in. x 30 1/8 in. (1240 mm x 765 mm)
Purchased with help from the Art Fund and the Heritage Lottery Fund, 2002
Primary Collection
NPG 6612
Sitterback to top
- Louise Jane Jopling (née Goode, later Rowe) (1843-1933), Portrait painter. Sitter in 4 portraits, Artist of 1 portrait.
Artistback to top
- Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt (1829-1896), Painter and President of the Royal Academy. Artist associated with 41 portraits, Sitter in 74 portraits.
Linked publicationsback to top
- 100 Pioneering Women, p. 73
- Funnell, Peter (introduction); Marsh, Jan, A Guide to Victorian and Edwardian Portraits, 2011, p. 17
- Funnell, Peter; Warner, Malcolm, Millais: Portraits, 1999 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 19 February to 6 June 1999), p. 187
- Ribeiro, Aileen; Blackman, Cally, A Portrait of Fashion: Six Centuries of Dress at the National Portrait Gallery, 2015, p. 187
- Various contributors, National Portrait Gallery: A Portrait of Britain, 2014, p. 158
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Events of 1879back to top
Current affairs
Women's education continues to grow, with the founding of women's colleges in Oxford. Somerville College took its name from the late Scottish scientific writer Mary Somerville. Lady Margaret Hall was founded by Elizabeth Wordsworth, great niece of the poet, and named after Margaret Beaufort, a medieval noblewoman and mother of Henry VII.Art and science
Edison invents the first practical electric light bulb.The first prehistoric paintings, dating back 14,000 years, are discovered in the Altamira caves in Northern Spain when a young girl notices paintings of bison on the ceilings.
The French actress Sarah Bernhardt, already acclaimed for roles in plays such as Racine's Phèdre and Victor Hugo's Hernani, celebrates a successful season at London's Gaiety Theatre.
International
Anglo-Zulu war fought between British forces and the Zulus, after disputes between the Boers and Zulu leader Cetshywayo over the Utrecht border attracted British intervention. The British victory marked the end of the independent Zulu nation, although the Zulu's initial victory at Isandhlwana was a major surprise. The Battle of Rorke's Drift was dramatised in the film Zulu, starring Michael Caine, in 1964.Tell us more back to top
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