James Martineau

1 portrait of Thomas Agnew & Sons Ltd

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James Martineau

by Paul Adolphe Rajon, published by Thomas Agnew & Sons Ltd, after George Frederic Watts
etching, published 1 July 1876 (1873)
12 3/4 in. x 9 7/8 in. (323 mm x 250 mm) plate size; 28 5/8 in. x 20 7/8 in. (727 mm x 530 mm) paper size
Given by Messrs Thomas Agnew, 1932
Reference Collection
NPG D38299

Sitterback to top

  • James Martineau (1805-1900), Unitarian minister and writer. Sitter in 12 portraits.

Artistsback to top

  • Paul Adolphe Rajon (1842 or 1843-1888), Painter and printmaker. Artist or producer associated with 18 portraits.
  • Thomas Agnew & Sons Ltd, Publisher. Artist or producer associated with 32 portraits.
  • George Frederic Watts (1817-1904), Painter and sculptor; Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery. Artist or producer associated with 93 portraits, Sitter in 43 portraits.

Related worksback to top

  • NPG 1251: James Martineau (source portrait)

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Events of 1876back to top

Current affairs

Following the introduction of the Royal Titles Act, Queen Victoria is proclaimed Empress of India, with Disraeli deliberately flattering Victoria's imperialist ambitions. In turn, Victoria creates Disraeli Earl of Beaconsfield; he continues to run government from the Lords.

Art and science

The classical-subject painter Lawrence Alma-Tadema, famous for his elegant depictions of the Roman Empire, paints An Audience at Agrippa's.
US inventor Alexander Graham Bell invents and patents the telephone following research into vocal physiology and speech instruction for the deaf, after discovering that sound could be transmitted and reconverted through an electric wire by using a continuous electric current.

International

15,000 Bulgarian Christians are slaughtered by Turkish troops in retaliation for the killing of 300 Turks in Batak at the start of the Bulgarian uprising. The Turkish government practices further repression by compulsorily transferring people of other ethnicities to Bulgaria to make the Bulgarians a minority. Gladstone published a pamphlet The Bulgarian Horrors and the Question of the East attacking Turkish actions, selling 200,000 copies in a month.

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