Sir John Franklin
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© National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir John Franklin
replica by Thomas Phillips
oil on canvas, 1828
30 1/4 in. x 20 1/4 in. (768 mm x 514 mm)
Bequeathed by Lady Franklin's niece, Miss Sophia Cracroft, 1892
Primary Collection
NPG 903
Artistback to top
- Thomas Phillips (1770-1845), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 218 portraits, Sitter in 4 portraits.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Hart-Davis, Adam, Chain Reactions, 2000, p. 144
- Ormond, Richard, Early Victorian Portraits, 1973, p. 180
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 228
Events of 1828back to top
Current affairs
Duke of Wellington becomes Prime Minister.Madhouse Act attempts to regulate asylums and ensure new arrivals are genuinely insane.
Repeal of the Test Acts removes political restrictions from dissenters, allowing them to hold public office.
Art and science
London Zoological Gardens open in Regent's Park. They provide both entertainment and a supply of exotic specimens for naturalists and anatomists such as Richard Owen who becomes a European authority on the subject.International
Daniel O'Connell is elected Member of Parliament for County Clare but as a Catholic is not permitted to take his seat.Comments back to top
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