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Julius Charles Hare
2 of 3 portraits of Julius Charles Hare
© National Portrait Gallery, London
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Julius Charles Hare
by John Henry Robinson, published by Joseph Hogarth, after George Richmond
stipple engraving, published 1 January 1852 (1850)
23 1/2 in. x 16 7/8 in. (598 mm x 430 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1963
Reference Collection
NPG D35432
Sitterback to top
- Julius Charles Hare (1795-1855), Archdeacon of Lewes and theological writer. Sitter in 3 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Joseph Hogarth (1801-circa 1879), Publisher. Artist or producer associated with 65 portraits.
- George Richmond (1809-1896), Portrait painter and draughtsman; son of Thomas Richmond. Artist or producer associated with 337 portraits, Sitter in 14 portraits.
- John Henry Robinson (1796-1871), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 119 portraits, Sitter in 3 portraits.
Events of 1852back to top
Current affairs
The Peelites, a breakaway group who had supported Peel during the Corn Law reforms, join the Liberals. The Conservative Edward Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, becomes Prime Minister after Lord John Russell's Liberal administration collapses. The administration is short-lived and replaced by a new Liberal-Peelite coalition, under the leadership of former Tory George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen.Art and science
Start of spiritualism craze in England.London physician Peter Mark Roget first publishes his thesaurus.
American author Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes the hugely successful anti-slavery novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin
Scottish physicist William Thomson formulates the second law of thermodynamics, demonstrating that a rapidly expanding gas cools.
International
Independent Boer republics north of the Vaal and Orange rivers are recognised by Britain following the Sand River Convention. Later, the Bloemfontein Convention (1854) formally recognises the independence of Boer republics between the Vaal and Orange rivers, resulting in the Boer Republic of the Orange Free State.Tension escalates in Crimea as France demands that Turkey end Russia's exclusive control of the Christian Holy Places in the Ottoman empire.
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