Called Robert Louis Stevenson
1 portrait of Robert Louis Stevenson
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Called Robert Louis Stevenson
by Mortimer Luddington Menpes
etching, 1879
6 1/2 in. x 4 5/8 in. (164 mm x 119 mm) plate size; 9 5/8 in. x 6 3/8 in. (244 mm x 161 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D6868
Sitterback to top
- Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), Novelist and essayist. Sitter associated with 33 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Mortimer Luddington Menpes (1855-1938), Painter and etcher. Artist or producer associated with 6 portraits.
Events of 1879back to top
Current affairs
Women's education continues to grow, with the founding of women's colleges in Oxford. Somerville College took its name from the late Scottish scientific writer Mary Somerville. Lady Margaret Hall was founded by Elizabeth Wordsworth, great niece of the poet, and named after Margaret Beaufort, a medieval noblewoman and mother of Henry VII.Art and science
Edison invents the first practical electric light bulb.The first prehistoric paintings, dating back 14,000 years, are discovered in the Altamira caves in Northern Spain when a young girl notices paintings of bison on the ceilings.
The French actress Sarah Bernhardt, already acclaimed for roles in plays such as Racine's Phèdre and Victor Hugo's Hernani, celebrates a successful season at London's Gaiety Theatre.
International
Anglo-Zulu war fought between British forces and the Zulus, after disputes between the Boers and Zulu leader Cetshywayo over the Utrecht border attracted British intervention. The British victory marked the end of the independent Zulu nation, although the Zulu's initial victory at Isandhlwana was a major surprise. The Battle of Rorke's Drift was dramatised in the film Zulu, starring Michael Caine, in 1964.Comments back to top
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