Emily St Clare ('Portrait of a lady')

1 portrait of Henry Thomson

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Emily St Clare ('Portrait of a lady')

by and published by William Say, after Henry Thomson
mezzotint heightened with white bodycolour, published 1806
11 1/8 in. x 7 3/4 in. (283 mm x 198 mm) paper size
Given by Mrs Masterman, 1963
Reference Collection
NPG D11343

Sitterback to top

  • Emily St Clare (active 1800-1810), Actress; mistress of Sir John Fleming, Baron De Tabley. Sitter in 1 portrait.

Artistsback to top

  • William Say (1768-1834), Mezzotint engraver. Artist or producer associated with 261 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
  • Henry Thomson (1773-1843), Painter and illustrator. Artist or producer associated with 9 portraits, Sitter in 2 portraits.

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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