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Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine
14 of 79 portraits by George Clint
© National Portrait Gallery, London
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Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine
by George Clint, published by John Peter Thompson, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mezzotint, published 4 June 1804
14 in. x 10 3/8 in. (355 mm x 262 mm) plate size; 14 3/8 in. x 10 7/8 in. (365 mm x 277 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D36198
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- Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine (1750-1823), Lord Chancellor. Sitter associated with 69 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- George Clint (1770-1854), Portrait painter and engraver. Artist or producer associated with 79 portraits, Sitter in 4 portraits.
- Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), Portrait painter, collector and President of the Royal Academy. Artist or producer associated with 698 portraits, Sitter in 25 portraits.
- John Peter Thompson (1792-1819), Engraver, printer and printseller. Artist or producer associated with 23 portraits.
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Current affairs
William Pitt returns to office and forms a second coalition administration, retaining many of those who had served under his predecessor Henry Addington but specifically excluding his arch rival Charles James Fox .Art and science
William Blake starts writing Jerusalem. One of his most ambitious allegorical poems, it took nearly eight years to complete.Amidst infighting about submissions to the annual exhibition, attempts are made to unseat painter Benjamin West as President of the Royal Academy and elect architect James Wyatt instead.
International
Napoleon declares himself Emperor of France and is crowned as Napoleon I by Pope Pius VII in Paris.Haiti achieves independence led by Toussaint L'Ouverture, the patriot and martyr who had seized control from the French in 1801. He becomes a symbolic figure of freedom for the British anti-slavery movement.
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