'News from Calabria! - capture of Buenos Ayres! - i.e. - the comforts of an imperial déjeuné at St Cloud's'
8 of 23 portraits of Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, Prince de Benevento
'News from Calabria! - capture of Buenos Ayres! - i.e. - the comforts of an imperial déjeuné at St Cloud's'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 13 September 1806
9 3/4 in. x 13 3/4 in. (247 mm x 350 mm) plate size; 10 1/2 in. x 14 3/4 in. (266 mm x 375 mm) paper size
Purchased, 1947
Reference Collection
NPG D12873
Artistsback to top
- James Gillray (1756-1815), Caricaturist. Artist or producer associated with 887 portraits, Sitter in 7 portraits.
- Hannah Humphrey (circa 1745-1818), Publisher and printseller. Artist or producer associated with 720 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
Sittersback to top
- Elisa Bonaparte (1777-1820), Sister of Napoleon Bonaparte. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Pauline (née Bonaparte), Princess Borghese (1780-1825), Sister of Napoleon Bonaparte. Sitter in 5 portraits. Identify
- Joséphine Bonaparte (née Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de la Pagerie, formerly de Beauharnais) (1763-1814), Empress consort of Napoléon Bonaparte. Sitter in 8 portraits. Identify
- Caroline Murat (née Bonaparte) (1782-1839), Youngest sister of Napoleon Bonaparte, wife of Joachim Murat. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
- Napoléon Bonaparte (1769-1821), Emperor of France 1804-14. Sitter associated with 91 portraits. Identify
- Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, Prince de Benevento (1754-1838), French foreign minister; ambassador to London 1830-34. Sitter in 23 portraits. Identify
Events of 1806back to top
Current affairs
William Pitt dies in January and his lifelong opponent Charles James Fox dies in September. Pitt is succeeded by William Wyndham, Baron Grenville, who forms the 'Ministry of all the Talents' coalition .Prince of Wales instigates the 'Delicate Investigation'; a Parliamentary enquiry into claims that his wife Caroline had an illegitimate child.
Art and science
John Constable embarks on a formative tour of the Lakes and makes landscape studies of the Langdale Pikes and Helvellyn.Turner exhibits his Thames views to acclaim at his own London gallery.
Humphrey Davy discovers the elements potassium and sodium by passing an electrical current through molten compounds.
International
Soprano Angelica Catalani arrives from Italy to make her London debut, amazing audiences with her showpiece arias.Napoleon turns his forces east against Austria, Russia and Prussia and enjoys a wave of French victories.
British attack on Buenos Aires under General William Beresford fails.
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