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Richard Langhorne

published by William Richardson
mezzotint, published 1 November 1802
6 1/2 in. x 5 3/8 in. (164 mm x 135 mm) paper size
Given by Sir Herbert Henry Raphael, 1st Bt, 1913
Reference Collection
NPG D20048

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  • Richard Langhorne (circa 1624-1679), Barrister and victim of the Popish Plot. Sitter in 4 portraits.

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  • William Richardson (active 1777-1814), Bookseller, printseller and auctioneer. Artist or producer associated with 400 portraits.

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  • NPG D3534: Richard Langhorne (from same plate)

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Current affairs

After returning from Naples, Nelson tours England with the diplomat and antiquarian Sir William Hamilton and his wife Emma, with whom he was having an affair. With Nelson's status confirmed as a national hero, their reception outrivals that of the King.
Extensive strikes in government shipyards led by John Gast.

Art and science

Francis Jeffrey, MP and arbiter of literary taste, co-founds the Edinburgh Review, the influential Whig quarterly which voiced strong criticism of Wordsworth, Coleridge and Southey.
The Exchange, where stocks were traded, is rebuilt to cope with an increase in business during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.

International

Peace of Amiens; Britain finally agrees to unpopular peace, leaving France the chief power in Europe and returning recent British colonial acquisitions.
Napoleon is declared First Consul of the French Empire for life.
English flock to see the international war plunder now on display at the Louvre in Paris.

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