John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley
1 portrait of John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley
© National Portrait Gallery, London
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John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley
by William Holl Jr, after George Richmond
stipple engraving, (1862)
11 7/8 in. x 9 in. (302 mm x 229 mm) plate size; 22 1/8 in. x 15 in. (563 mm x 382 mm) paper size
Given by Grillion's Club, 1903
Reference Collection
NPG D20697
Sitterback to top
- John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley (1826-1902), Politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies and Foreign Secretary; ex-officio Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery. Sitter in 16 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- William Holl Jr (1807-1871), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 177 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
- George Richmond (1809-1896), Portrait painter and draughtsman; son of Thomas Richmond. Artist or producer associated with 337 portraits, Sitter in 14 portraits.
Events of 1862back to top
Current affairs
The Lancashire cotton famine, a depression in the north-west textile industry brought about by the American civil war, reaches its climax. With large numbers of mills closing after Confederate blockades halted cotton supplies, many Lancashire families were in receipt of relief.Art and science
Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard carry out the first pasteurisation tests, the process of heating liquids at 55 degree Celsius or higher for short periods of time, destroying viruses and harmful organisms such as bacteria and yeast. .Victor Hugo's novel Les Miserables is published, covering the Napoleonic wars. It traces the ex-convict Jean Valjean's character against wider questions of social and political justice, duty and love.
International
Otto Eduard Leopold Bismarck becomes Minister-President of Prussia, appointed by Wilhelm I after the liberal Diet refused to authorise funding for a proposed reorganisation of the army. Bismarck, intent on maintaining royal supremacy, engineers the Unification of Germany during his time in office.John Hanning Speke claims to have found the source of the Nile, proving that the Victoria Nile issued from the north end of lake Victoria, over Ripon Falls.
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