The Supreme Indian Council, Simla, 1864
2 of 24 portraits of John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence
The Supreme Indian Council, Simla, 1864
by Bourne & Shepherd
albumen print, circa 1864
6 in. x 8 7/8 in. (152 mm x 225 mm)
Given by The Mansell Collection Ltd, 1990
Primary Collection
NPG P426
Artistback to top
- Bourne & Shepherd (founded 1863), Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 44 portraits.
Sittersback to top
- Sir Edward Clive Bayley (1821-1884), Indian statesman. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Sir Henry Marion Durand (1812-1871), Major-General; Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab. Sitter in 5 portraits. Identify
- Sir William Grey (1818-1878), Indian and colonial governor. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence (1811-1879), Viceroy of India. Sitter in 24 portraits. Identify
- Charles Hugh Lushington (1812-1874), Indian official; nephew of Rt Hon Stephen Rumbold Lushington. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Sir Henry James Sumner Maine (1822-1888), Jurist. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
- Robert Cornelis Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala (1810-1890), Field Marshal. Sitter in 27 portraits. Identify
- Sir Henry Wylie Norman (1826-1904), Field Marshal and colonial governor. Sitter in 11 portraits. Identify
- Sir Richard Strachey (1817-1908), Lieutenant-General, scientist and engineer. Sitter in 32 portraits. Identify
- Hugh Henry Rose, Baron Strathnairn (1801-1885), Field Marshal. Sitter in 4 portraits. Identify
- Hon. George Noble Taylor. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Sir Charles Edward Trevelyan, 1st Bt (1807-1886), Governor of Madras. Sitter in 6 portraits. Identify
Linked publicationsback to top
- Bayly, Christopher, The Raj: India and the British 1600-1947, 1990 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 19 October 1990 - 17 March 1991), p. 311
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 737
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Events of 1864back to top
Current affairs
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Art and science
The Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell presents his discoveries in the field of electromagnetics to the Royal Society. His paper A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field expresses the basic laws of electricity and magnetism in unified fashion. Maxwell's equations, as his rules came to be known, helped create modern physics, laying the foundation for future work in special relativity and quantum mechanics.International
Austria and Prussia combine forces to seize Schleswig-Holstein from Denmark.Britain cedes Corfu, acquired from France in the Second Treaty of Paris (1815) to Greece. Although Britain had vigorously suppressed an uprising in 1849 in Cephalonia aiming to restore Iolian islands, the government changed policy throughout the 1850s and 60s.
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