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'A view taken from Christ Church Meadows, Oxford' (James Webber; Cyril Jackson)

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'A view taken from Christ Church Meadows, Oxford' (James Webber; Cyril Jackson)

by and published by Robert Dighton
hand-coloured etching, published May 1807
11 3/4 in. x 7 3/4 in. (298 mm x 198 mm) plate size; 12 1/2 in. x 9 7/8 in. (319 mm x 252 mm) paper size
Reference Collection
NPG D13424

Sittersback to top

  • Cyril Jackson (1746-1819), Dean of Christ Church, Oxford. Sitter in 9 portraits.
  • James Webber (1771 or 1772-1847), Dean of Ripon. Sitter in 6 portraits.

Artistback to top

  • Robert Dighton (1751-1814), Portrait painter, caricaturist and actor. Artist or producer associated with 320 portraits, Sitter in 4 portraits.

Related worksback to top

  • NPG D9439: 'A view taken from Christ Church Meadows, Oxford' (James Webber; Cyril Jackson) (from same plate)
  • NPG D4714: 'A view taken from Christ Church Meadows, Oxford' (James Webber; Cyril Jackson) (from same plate)
  • NPG D13285: 'A view taken from Christ Church Meadows, Oxford' (James Webber; Cyril Jackson) (from same plate)
  • NPG D13425: 'A view taken from Christ Church Meadows, Oxford' (James Webber; Cyril Jackson) (from same plate)
  • NPG D13426: 'A view taken from Christ Church Meadows, Oxford' (James Webber; Cyril Jackson) (from same plate)

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Events of 1807back to top

Current affairs

Act is passed abolishing the British slave trade after vigorous campaigning by hundreds of thousands of people led by Thomas Clarkson and championed in parliament by reformer William Wilberforce.
Resignation of 'Ministry of all the Talents'. Whig politician William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, Duke of Portland, succeeds as Prime Minister.

Art and science

Thomas Hope publishes Household Furniture and Interior Decoration; influential in promoting Greek and especially Egyptian models as the epitome of fashionable style.

International

French invasion of Spain and Portugal.
Britain occupies Copenhagen and captures the Danish fleet.
Napoleon begins to wage an economic battle against Britain, recognising the impossibility of victory at sea because of Britain's superior naval power. He aims to close the entire European coastline to British trade.

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