Augusta Champagne Law (née Graves)
10 of 332 portraits by M & N Hanhart
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Augusta Champagne Law (née Graves)
by Richard James Lane, printed by M & N Hanhart, after Joseph Slater
lithograph, circa 1825-1850
21 3/8 in. x 14 1/2 in. (542 mm x 367 mm) paper size
Given by Austin Lane Poole, 1956
Reference Collection
NPG D22344
Sitterback to top
- Augusta Champagne Law (née Graves) (1812-1844), Wife of Hon. William Towry Law, son of 1st Baron Ellenborough. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Artistsback to top
- M & N Hanhart (active 1839-1882), Lithographic printers. Artist or producer associated with 334 portraits.
- Richard James Lane (1800-1872), Sculptor and lithographer. Artist or producer associated with 1226 portraits, Sitter in 6 portraits.
- Joseph Slater (circa 1779-1837), Painter and draughtsman. Artist or producer associated with 127 portraits.
Events of 1825back to top
Current affairs
Strikes, contract breaking and worker intimidation prompt the passing of a new Anti-Trade Union Combination Act to the dismay of economist John McCulloch, MP Joseph Hume and radical Francis Place who had worked for the repeal of the previous year.Catholic Relief Bill is rejected by the House of Lords.
Art and science
Construction of Thames Tunnel begins under the direction of Marc Isambard Brunel.Stockton to Darlington Railway, the world's first passenger system, opens.
William Hazlitt publishes The Spirit of the Age; twenty-five pen-portraits of his contemporaries in the world of literature, philosophy and politics.
International
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony premieres in London.John Quincy Adams is elected President of the United States.
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Charles Matthews
23 January 2018, 13:33
Daughter of Thomas Graves, 2nd Baron Graves, and mother of the historian Thomas Graves Law.