'Two sketches for 'Men of Science Living in 1807-8'
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© National Portrait Gallery, London
'Two sketches for 'Men of Science Living in 1807-8'
by Sir John Gilbert
pencil and wash, circa 1856
9 5/8 in. x 14 1/8 in. (245 mm x 358 mm); 10 7/8 in. x 14 1/2 in. (277 mm x 367 mm)
Purchased, 1904
Primary Collection
NPG 1383a
Sittersback to top
- Sir Francis Beaufort (1774-1857), Rear-Admiral and hydrographer. Sitter in 6 portraits.
- Jons Jakob Berzelius (1779-1848), Swedish chemist. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Sir Robert Peel, 1st Bt (1750-1830), Politician; father of the Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel. Sitter associated with 5 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Sir John Gilbert (1817-1897), Painter and illustrator. Artist or producer associated with 10 portraits, Sitter associated with 16 portraits.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 711
- Walker, Richard, Regency Portraits, 1985, p. 605
Events of 1856back to top
Current affairs
Queen Victoria introduces the Victoria cross, an award for British soldiers who displayed exceptional valour in battle. Each medal was produced from Russian guns captured in the British war. In 2006, Lance Corporal Johnson Beharry became the first living recipient of the Victoria Cross since 1965, for his actions in the Iraq war.Art and science
The National Portrait Gallery is founded by Philip Henry Stanhope, 5th Earl of Stanhope, Thomas Babington Macaulay, and Thomas Carlyle, all biographers and historians. Historical rather than artistic in focus, the Gallery's aim was to collect original portraits of outstanding figures from British history, notably from politics, the arts, literature and science.Elizabeth Barrett Browning publishes her epic and autobiographical poem Aurora Leigh.
International
The Treaty of Paris ends the Crimean war. Russia concedes to the Anglo-French-Austrian Four Points of August 1854 including the guarantee of Ottoman sovereignty and territorial integrity. Russia also agreed to a demilitarisation of the land islands in the Baltics, a term which lasted until the outbreak of the First World War.Britain launches the second Opium war against China.
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