Jane Dundas (née Hope, later Lady Wallace), Viscountess Melville
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Jane Dundas (née Hope, later Lady Wallace), Viscountess Melville
by Mackenzie, published by Vernor & Hood, after John Hoppner
stipple engraving, published 1 October 1804
6 3/4 in. x 4 1/2 in. (170 mm x 113 mm) plate size; 7 3/8 in. x 4 7/8 in. (186 mm x 124 mm) paper size
Bequeathed by (Frederick) Leverton Harris, 1927
Reference Collection
NPG D15694
Sitterback to top
- Jane Dundas (née Hope, later Lady Wallace), Viscountess Melville (1766-1829), Former wife of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, and later wife of Thomas Wallace, 1st Baron Wallace. Sitter in 2 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- John Hoppner (1758-1810), Painter. Artist or producer associated with 217 portraits, Sitter in 13 portraits.
- Mackenzie (active early 19th century), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 43 portraits.
- Vernor & Hood (active 1794-1806), Publishers. Artist or producer associated with 60 portraits.
Events of 1804back to top
Current affairs
William Pitt returns to office and forms a second coalition administration, retaining many of those who had served under his predecessor Henry Addington but specifically excluding his arch rival Charles James Fox .Art and science
William Blake starts writing Jerusalem. One of his most ambitious allegorical poems, it took nearly eight years to complete.Amidst infighting about submissions to the annual exhibition, attempts are made to unseat painter Benjamin West as President of the Royal Academy and elect architect James Wyatt instead.
International
Napoleon declares himself Emperor of France and is crowned as Napoleon I by Pope Pius VII in Paris.Haiti achieves independence led by Toussaint L'Ouverture, the patriot and martyr who had seized control from the French in 1801. He becomes a symbolic figure of freedom for the British anti-slavery movement.
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