Angela Burdett-Coutts, Baroness Burdett-Coutts
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© National Portrait Gallery, London
Angela Burdett-Coutts, Baroness Burdett-Coutts
by Unknown artist
oil on panel, circa 1840
13 in. x 10 5/8 in. (330 mm x 271 mm)
Purchased, 1992
Primary Collection
NPG 6181
Sitterback to top
- Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts, Baroness Burdett-Coutts (1814-1906), Philanthropist; daughter of Sir Francis Burdett, Bt. Sitter in 20 portraits.
Linked publicationsback to top
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- Jeal, Tim; Calder, Angus; Driver, Felix; Cannizzo, Jeanne; Barringer, Tim; MacKenzie, John M., Livingstone: David Livingstone and the Victorian Encounter in Africa, 1996 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 22 March - 7 July 1996), p. 117
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 88
Events of 1840back to top
Current affairs
Victoria marries her cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; he is given the title of Prince Consort.The Penny Black stamp is introduced by Rowland Hill; the first pre-paid, self-adhesive stamp, it marks the start of the modern postal system.
The start of the Irish potato famine, which by the time of its peak in 1851, had caused the deaths of one million, and contributed to the sharp rise of emigration from Ireland to England and America.
Art and science
Beau Brummel, the fashion leader responsible for sparking the culture of 'Dandyism', dies of syphilis.The first stone is laid on the new Houses of Parliament, based on the gothic designs by the architects Charles Barry and Augustus Pugin. The old buildings had burned down in 1834, following a blaze caused by burning wooden tallies used by the Exchequer to calculate tax.
International
The Afghans surrender to Britain during the Afghan-British war (1839-42). The war was sparked by British fear over Russian influence in Afghanistan, with the British East India Company resolving to depose the Afghan leader, Dost Muhammad, who was insistent on Afghan independence, and restore the former leader Shoja Shah.The Maoris yield sovereignty of New Zealand under the Treaty of Waitangi.
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