'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
Artistsback to top
- Francesco Bartolozzi (1727-1815), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 166 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.
Sittersback to top
- John Bazeley (1740-1809), Admiral. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- George Cranfield Berkeley (1753-1818), Naval captain and politician. Sitter in 4 portraits. Identify
- Sir Albermarle Bertie (1755-1824), Admiral. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Sir George Bowyer, 5th Bt (1740-1800), Admiral. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
- Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport (1726-1814), Admiral. Sitter in 12 portraits. Identify
- Sir Benjamin Caldwell (1737?-1820), Admiral. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Cuthbert Collingwood, Baron Collingwood (1748-1810), Admiral. Sitter in 13 portraits. Identify
- Sir Charles Cotton (1753-1812), Admiral. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
- Sir Roger Curtis, 1st Bt (1746-1816), Admiral. Sitter in 5 portraits. Identify
- Sir William Domett (1754-1828), Admiral. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Sir Andrew Snape Douglas (1761-1797), Naval captain. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
- Sir John Thomas Duckworth, 1st Bt (1748-1817), Admiral. Sitter in 5 portraits. Identify
- John Elphinstone (1756-1801), Royal Naval Officer. Sitter in 2 portraits.
- James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier (1756-1833), Admiral. Sitter in 5 portraits. Identify
- Alan Gardner, 1st Baron Gardner (1742-1808 or 1809), Admiral. Sitter associated with 8 portraits. Identify
- Thomas Graves, 1st Baron Graves (1725-1802), Admiral. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
- Sir Henry Harvey (1737-1810), Admiral. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- John Harvey (1740-1794), Naval officer; brother of Sir Henry Harvey. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
- Sir James Hope (active 1794). Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe (1726-1799), Admiral. Sitter in 17 portraits. Identify
- John Hutt (1746-1794), Captain in the navy. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Thomas Mackenzie (circa 1752-1813), Rear-Admiral. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Captain Molloy (active 1794), Captain in the navy. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- James Montagu (1752-1794), Navy Captain. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Sir Henry Nicholls (circa 1758-1830), Admiral. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Sir Thomas Pakenham (1757-1836), Admiral. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Sir William Parker (1743-1802), Vice-Admiral. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
- Sir Thomas Pasley, 1st Bt (1734-1808), Admiral. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
- John Willett Payne (1752-1803), Naval officer and royal official. Sitter in 6 portraits. Identify
- Hugh Pigot (1769-1797), Captain in the navy. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Thomas Pringle (died 1803), Vice-Admiral. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
- Isaac Schomberg (1753-1813), Captain in the navy. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Lord Hugh Seymour (1759-1801), Vice-Admiral. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
- George Blagdon Westcott (1745?-1798), Captain in the navy. Sitter in 4 portraits. Identify
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)
Portrait setback to top
Subjects & Themesback to top
Events of 1802back to top
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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