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Called Annibale Carracci

1 of 3 portraits of Annibale Carracci

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Called Annibale Carracci

by Henry Bone, possibly after Annibale Carracci
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, September 1807
5 1/4 in. x 4 3/8 in. (133 mm x 112 mm)
Acquired from Sir George Scharf, 1890
Reference Collection
NPG D17436

Sitterback to top

  • Annibale Carracci (1560-1609), Artist. Sitter associated with 3 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 10 portraits.

Artistsback to top

  • Henry Bone (1755-1834), Enamel painter. Artist or producer associated with 677 portraits, Sitter in 6 portraits.
  • Annibale Carracci (1560-1609), Artist. Artist or producer associated with 10 portraits, Sitter associated with 3 portraits.

Events of 1807back to top

Current affairs

Act is passed abolishing the British slave trade after vigorous campaigning by hundreds of thousands of people led by Thomas Clarkson and championed in parliament by reformer William Wilberforce.
Resignation of 'Ministry of all the Talents'. Whig politician William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, Duke of Portland, succeeds as Prime Minister.

Art and science

Thomas Hope publishes Household Furniture and Interior Decoration; influential in promoting Greek and especially Egyptian models as the epitome of fashionable style.

International

French invasion of Spain and Portugal.
Britain occupies Copenhagen and captures the Danish fleet.
Napoleon begins to wage an economic battle against Britain, recognising the impossibility of victory at sea because of Britain's superior naval power. He aims to close the entire European coastline to British trade.

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