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Maria (née Walpole), Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh

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Maria (née Walpole), Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh

by Samuel Freeman, published by Edward Orme, after William Marshall Craig
stipple engraving, published 4 January 1817
7 1/2 in. x 5 3/8 in. (192 mm x 135 mm) paper size
Bequeathed by (Frederick) Leverton Harris, 1927
Reference Collection
NPG D14890

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  • William Marshall Craig (died 1827), Painter. Artist or producer associated with 22 portraits.
  • Samuel Freeman (1773-1857), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 81 portraits.
  • Edward Orme (1775-1848), Engraver, printseller and property developer. Artist or producer associated with 36 portraits.

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Current affairs

Princess Charlotte, only daughter of George, Prince Regent and Caroline of Brunswick, dies in childbirth, prompting widespread mourning.
Seditious Meetings Bill drives democratic societies underground.
Rising depression and discontent; Prince Regent's coach attacked at state opening of Parliament.

Art and science

John Keats begins to write his epic poem Endymion on the Isle of Wight; a rite of passage as a professional poet after deserting his medical career.
John Constable exhibits Flatford Mill, one of his most famous naturalistic landscape paintings, at the Royal Academy
John Rennie's new Waterloo Bridge opens.

International

Journalist William Cobbett flees to America fearing prosecution. Already imprisoned for two years for seditious libel he grew more vehemently pro-reform on his release and reduced the price of his weekly periodical the Political Register to expand its circulation and influence to all classes.
James Monroe is elected President of the United States.

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