Sir William Edward Parry
1 portrait by Samuel Drummond
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir William Edward Parry
by Samuel Drummond
oil on canvas, engraved 1820
50 3/8 in. x 40 in. (1280 mm x 1016 mm)
Purchased, 1975
Primary Collection
NPG 5053
Artistback to top
- Samuel Drummond (1765-1844), Portrait and history painter. Artist or producer associated with 62 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
This portraitback to top
Like Parry, the artist Samuel Drummond went to sea aged thirteen. Turning to art in his twenties, he used his firsthand experience to specialise in marine painting. Parry is presented as though on board a ship, holding a telescope and with a sextant and sea chart before him.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Smartify image discovery app
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 482
- Simon, Robin, The portrait in Britain and America : with a biographical dictionary of portrait painters, 1680-1914, 1987, p. 174 number 131
Events of 1820back to top
Current affairs
George III dies at Windsor Castle on 29 January and George IV ascends to the throne.'Trial of Queen Caroline' in the House of Lords; Parliament drops the Bill which was to legitimise a divorce between Caroline and George IV.
Cato Street Conspiracy to assassinate the cabinet discovered. Arthur Thistlewood and fellow conspirators are hanged.
Art and science
Sir Thomas Lawrence becomes President of the Royal Academy.Astronomical Society is set up by John Herschel and Charles Babbage.
First iron steamship is launched.
International
Actor, Edmund Kean goes on a successful tour of America after making his name at the Drury Lane Theatre.Revolutions begin in Spain, Portugal and Naples.
The famous ancient Greek statue of the Venus de Milo is rediscovered on the Island of Melos and purchased by the Louvre in Paris.
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