'Commemoration of the victory of June 1st 1794'

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'Commemoration of the victory of June 1st 1794'

by Francesco Bartolozzi, and John George Landseer, and Thomas Ryder, and James Stow, published by Robert Bowyer, after Robert Smirke
line engraving, published 1802
31 5/8 in. x 16 7/8 in. (802 mm x 428 mm) plate size
Reference Collection
NPG D17016

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  • Francesco Bartolozzi (1727-1815), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 165 portraits, Sitter in 16 portraits.
  • Robert Bowyer (1758-1834), Miniature painter and publisher. Artist or producer associated with 47 portraits.
  • John George Landseer (1761 or 1769-1852), Engraver and antiquary; father of Sir Edwin Landseer. Artist or producer associated with 10 portraits, Sitter in 2 portraits.
  • Thomas Ryder (1746-1810). Artist or producer associated with 10 portraits.
  • Robert Smirke (1753-1845), Painter and illustrator. Artist or producer associated with 24 portraits, Sitter in 8 portraits.
  • James Stow (circa 1770-in or after 1823), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 29 portraits.

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Related worksback to top

  • NPG D15177: 'Commemoration of the victory of June 1st 1794' (from same plate)
  • NPG D17019: Victors of the Nile (bound together)
  • NPG D17017: Commemoration of the 14th February 1797 (bound together)
  • NPG D17018: 'Commemoration of the 11th October 1797' (bound together)

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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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