Edward Venables Vernon Harcourt
19 of 40 portraits by William James Ward
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Edward Venables Vernon Harcourt
by and published by William James Ward, printed by Chatfield & Co, after William Owen
mezzotint, published September 1828 (1811)
22 3/8 in. x 16 1/2 in. (567 mm x 418 mm) plate size; 24 1/2 in. x 17 3/4 in. (621 mm x 452 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1962
Reference Collection
NPG D35313
Sitterback to top
- Edward Venables Vernon Harcourt (1757-1847), Archbishop of York. Sitter associated with 12 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Chatfield & Co (active 1826-1828), Printers. Artist or producer associated with 3 portraits.
- William Owen (1769-1825), Painter. Artist or producer associated with 99 portraits.
- William James Ward (circa 1800-1840), Engraver; son of William Ward. Artist or producer associated with 40 portraits.
Placesback to top
- Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (12 Mornington Place, Hampstead Road, Camden, London)
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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