André Masséna, duc de Rivoli, prince d'Essling







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André Masséna, duc de Rivoli, prince d'Essling
by Franz Gabriel Fiesinger, after Ferréol de Bonnemaison
stipple engraving, published 1801
6 1/2 in. x 4 3/8 in. (164 mm x 110 mm) plate size; 7 5/8 in. x 5 3/8 in. (193 mm x 138 mm) paper size
Bequeathed by (Frederick) Leverton Harris, 1927
Reference Collection
NPG D15949
Sitterback to top
- André Masséna, duc de Rivoli, prince d'Essling (1756-1817), French general. Sitter in 2 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Ferréol de Bonnemaison (1766-1826). Artist associated with 2 portraits.
- Franz Gabriel Fiesinger (1723-1807). Artist associated with 8 portraits.
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Current affairs
Wlliam Pitt and Lord Castlereagh both resign over the King's refusal to permit the introduction of Catholic emancipation. Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth succeeds Pitt as Prime Minister.Census records 9 million people living in England and Wales, 5.2 million in Ireland and 1.6 million in Scotland.
Art and science
Radical writer, Amelia Opie publishes her best known novel The Father and the Daughter. Said to have reduced Walter Scott to tears, it went on to enjoy success as an opera and a play.International
Other members of the First Coalition fighting France with Britain agree to a humiliating peace treaty and Britain fights on alone.A successful campaign is fought against the French army marooned in Egypt. General Sir Ralph Abercromby leads the troops but is killed in action.
Thomas Jefferson is elected President of the United States.
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