Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne
2 of 26 portraits by William Henry Egleton
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne
by William Henry Egleton, after J. Stewart, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mixed-method engraving, (circa 1827)
11 7/8 in. x 8 in. (301 mm x 204 mm) paper size
Bequeathed by (Frederick) Leverton Harris, 1927
Reference Collection
NPG D14441
Sitterback to top
- Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne (1780-1863), Whig politician; Home Secretary, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lord President of the Council; Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery. Sitter associated with 77 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- William Henry Egleton (active 1833-1862), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 26 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
- 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.
- J. Stewart (active early-mid 19th century), Painter and lithographer. Artist or producer associated with 6 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D10718: Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne (from same plate)
Events of 1827back to top
Current affairs
Lord Liverpool suffers a stroke and is forced to resign as Prime Minister. George Canning succeeds him only to die after four months in office.Art and science
University College London, the first metropolitan university in England, is founded specifically to educate dissenters excluded from Oxford and Cambridge. Whig politician Henry Brougham, writer Thomas Campbell and financier and philanthropist Isaac Goldsmid are its principal patrons.International
Britain, France and Russia sign a treaty in London agreeing to intervene in the Greek War of Independence. Allied troops under General Edward Codrington subsequently destroy Turkish and Egyptian fleets at the Battle of Navarino.Western Australia is explored for the first time by Captain Stirling.
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