Commemoration of the 14th February 1797
1 portrait by Robert Bowyer
Commemoration of the 14th February 1797
by William Henry Worthington, and by James Parker, published by Robert Bowyer, after Robert Smirke
line engraving, published 1803
26 5/8 in. x 19 in. (677 mm x 484 mm) plate size
Reference Collection
NPG D17017
Artistsback to top
- Robert Bowyer (1758-1834), Miniature painter and publisher. Artist or producer associated with 47 portraits.
- James Parker (1750-1805), Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 17 portraits, Sitter in 4 portraits.
- Robert Smirke (1753-1845), Painter and illustrator. Artist or producer associated with 24 portraits, Sitter in 8 portraits.
- William Henry Worthington (circa 1790-after 1839), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 33 portraits.
Sittersback to top
- Sir Robert Calder (1744 or 1745-1818), Admiral. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Cuthbert Collingwood, Baron Collingwood (1748-1810), Admiral. Sitter in 13 portraits. Identify
- James Richard Dacres (1749-1810), Naval officer. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- James Saumarez, 1st Baron de Saumarez (1757-1836), Admiral. Sitter in 6 portraits. Identify
- Sir Thomas Foley (1757-1833), Admiral. Sitter in 4 portraits. Identify
- Thomas Lenox Frederick (1750-1799), Rear-Admiral. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Sir George Grey, 1st Bt (1767-1828), Naval captain. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- V.T. Irwin (active 1797), Naval officer. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Sir Charles Henry Knowles, 2nd Bt (1754-1831), Naval officer. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
- Sir George Martin (1764-1847), Naval officer. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Ralph Willett Miller (1762-1799), Naval captain. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
- Sir George Murray (1759-1819), Naval officer. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Horatio Nelson, Viscount Nelson (1758-1805), Vice-Admiral and victor of Trafalgar. Sitter in 86 portraits. Identify
- Sir William Parker (1743-1802), Vice-Admiral. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
- William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock (1753-1825), Admiral. Sitter in 5 portraits. Identify
- John Jervis, Earl of St Vincent (1735-1823), Admiral. Sitter associated with 31 portraits. Identify
- Sir John Sutton (died 1825), Naval officer. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Sir Charles Thompson, Bt (1740?-1799), Vice-Admiral. Sitter in 4 portraits. Identify
- George Henry Towry (1767-1809), Naval officer. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Sir Thomas Troubridge, 1st Bt (1758?-1807), Rear-Admiral. Sitter in 5 portraits. Identify
- Sir James Hawkins Whitshed, 1st Bt (1762-1849), Naval officer. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
Related worksback to top
- NPG D17019: Victors of the Nile (bound together)
- NPG D17016: 'Commemoration of the victory of June 1st 1794' (bound together)
- NPG D17018: 'Commemoration of the 11th October 1797' (bound together)
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Events of 1803back to top
Current affairs
The Vice Society is formally established by John Reeves and his associates to campaign against blasphemy and immorality, particularly that perpetrated by Thomas Paine and the Edinburgh Review.Art and science
Erasmus Darwin's Temple of Nature published posthumously. A scientific treaty in the form of an elaborate couplet poem, its content anticipated some of the evolutionary ideas developed by his grandson, Charles Darwin, fifty years later.Construction of the Caledonian Canal begins.
International
War with France resumes, sparking new fears of a cross-channel invasion.United Irishman, Robert Emmett's attempted uprising in Dublin. Planned to coincide with Napoleon's expected invasion, it aimed to overthrow the English administration but ended in failure. Emmett is hanged along with several other conspirators.
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