Napoléon Bonaparte
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Napoléon Bonaparte
by William Nutter, published by William Jeffryes & Co, after Jean-Urbain Guerin (Guérin)
stipple engraving, published 1 March 1801
9 in. x 7 in. (230 mm x 177 mm) plate size; 10 1/4 in. x 8 1/4 in. (261 mm x 209 mm) paper size
Given by Sir Herbert Henry Raphael, 1st Bt, 1913
Reference Collection
NPG D18779
Sitterback to top
- Napoléon Bonaparte (1769-1821), Emperor of France 1804-14. Sitter associated with 91 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Jean-Urbain Guerin (Guérin) (1760-1836), Draughtsman and miniaturist. Artist or producer associated with 4 portraits.
- William Jeffryes & Co (active 1801), Printsellers. Artist or producer associated with 1 portrait.
- William Nutter (1754-1802), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 9 portraits.
Events of 1801back to top
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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