Visit of Queen Victoria to the Duchesse D'Orléans
1 portrait by Eugene Modeste Edmond Lepoittevin (Lepoitevin)
Visit of Queen Victoria to the Duchesse D'Orléans
by Skelton and Hopwood, after Eugene Modeste Edmond Lepoittevin (Lepoitevin)
line and stipple engraving, 1843
17 1/4 in. x 13 in. (438 mm x 330 mm) plate size; 23 1/2 in. x 16 7/8 in. (598 mm x 430 mm) paper size
Purchased, 1902
Reference Collection
NPG D33629
Sittersback to top
- Robert Philippe Louis Eugène Ferdinand d'Orléans, Duke of Chartres (1840-1910), French nobleman. Sitter in 7 portraits. Identify
- Helene Luisa Elizabeth de Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Duchess d'Orleans (1814-1858), Wife of Ferdinand Philippe, Duke d'Orléans. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Louis Philippe Albert of Orléans, Count of Paris (1838-1894), Pretender to the French throne. Sitter in 6 portraits. Identify
- Queen Victoria (1819-1901), Reigned 1837-1901. Sitter associated with 548 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 5 portraits. Identify
Artistsback to top
- Eugene Modeste Edmond Lepoittevin (Lepoitevin) (1806-1870). Artist or producer associated with 1 portrait.
- Skelton and Hopwood (active 1830s-1840s), Printmaker. Artist or producer associated with 3 portraits.
Subjects & Themesback to top
Events of 1843back to top
Current affairs
Sir Henry Cole commissions 1,000 copies of the first Christmas card, designed by John Callcott Horsley. Cole would later be instrumental in staging the Great Exhibition, and in developing science and art education in Britain.Nelson's statue, by E.H. Bailey, is placed on top of its column in Trafalgar Square.
Art and science
The Theatre Regulations Act is passed, abolishing the privileged position of the 'major' theatres which held letters patent from the crown, allowing all theatres to perform 'legitimate' theatre.First volume of Ruskin's Modern Painters published, praising Turner and demanding that artists should demonstrate 'truth to nature' in their work. Ruskin is a great inspiration to the Pre-Raphaelites.
International
The first experimental telegraph wire is constructed between Baltimore and Washington, using Morse code to send a message. The code, in which pulses of current deflect an electromagnet, moving a marker and producing written codes on a strip of paper, had been invented by Samuel Morse in 1838. The line officially opens in 1844.Comments back to top
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