Andrew Barnard
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- set matching 'Frances Burney Diary, 1768-78 (vol 1, part 3)'
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Andrew Barnard
by Charles Turner, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mezzotint, published 1809 (circa 1805-1806)
14 1/2 in. x 10 3/8 in. (367 mm x 264 mm) plate size
Bequeathed by (Frederick) Leverton Harris, 1927
Reference Collection
NPG D14276
Sitterback to top
- Andrew Barnard (died 1807), Son of Thomas Barnard, Bishop of Limerick. Sitter in 3 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), Portrait painter, collector and President of the Royal Academy. Artist or producer associated with 698 portraits, Sitter in 25 portraits.
- Charles Turner (1773-1857), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 634 portraits, Sitter in 2 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D601: Andrew Barnard (from same plate)
- NPG D40694: Andrew Barnard (from same plate)
Events of 1809back to top
Current affairs
Duke of Portland resigns as Prime Minister to be succeeded by Spencer Perceval.Motion for parliamentary reform is defeated in the House of Commons.
Notorious duel between George Canning and Viscount Castlereagh over strategic failures against Napoleon.
Art and science
Maria Edgeworth publishes Tales of Fashionable Life, a popular and perceptive series of stories exploring Anglo-Irish society after the Union.Robert Smirke completes the New Covent Garden Theatre after fire. 'Old Price' theatre riots quickly break out against rising cost of admission.
Pall Mall in London is lit by gas for the first time.
International
British army lands in Lisbon and defeats the French at Talavera. Arthur Wellesley is created Viscount Wellington as a result of this victory.Walcheren expedition led by General Chatham, which aimed to take Antwerp, fails amidst allegations of military corruption and carnage.
James Madison is elected President of the United States.
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