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Frances ('Fanny') Maria Kelly as Mrs Parthian

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Frances ('Fanny') Maria Kelly as Mrs Parthian

by Francis William Wilkin, printed by Graf & Soret, published by Ackermann & Co
hand-coloured lithograph, published mid 1830s-early 1840s
20 3/8 in. x 13 3/4 in. (516 mm x 348 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D36784

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Artistsback to top

  • Ackermann & Co (active 1829-1859), Printseller and publisher. Artist or producer associated with 79 portraits.
  • Graf & Soret (active 1833-1856), Lithographic printers. Artist or producer associated with 105 portraits.
  • Francis William Wilkin (1791-1842), Painter and engraver. Artist or producer associated with 53 portraits.

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  • NPG D36775: Frances ('Fanny') Maria Kelly as Mrs Parthian (from same stone)
  • NPG D36774: Frances ('Fanny') Maria Kelly as Mrs Parthian (from same stone)
  • NPG D36776: Frances ('Fanny') Maria Kelly as Mrs Parthian (from same stone)
  • NPG D36777: Frances ('Fanny') Maria Kelly as Mrs Parthian (from same stone)
  • NPG D36778: Frances ('Fanny') Maria Kelly as Mrs Parthian (from same stone)
  • NPG D36779: Frances ('Fanny') Maria Kelly as Mrs Parthian (from same stone)
  • NPG D36780: Frances ('Fanny') Maria Kelly as Mrs Parthian (from same stone)
  • NPG D36781: Frances ('Fanny') Maria Kelly as Mrs Parthian (from same stone)
  • NPG D36782: Frances ('Fanny') Maria Kelly as Mrs Parthian (from same stone)
  • NPG D36783: Frances ('Fanny') Maria Kelly as Mrs Parthian (from same stone)

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Current affairs

Shaftesbury's Factory Act is passed regulating women's hours and providing for the education of children working in the textile industry.
Bank Act is passed, making Bank of England notes Britain's legal tender.

Art and science

Charles Lamb publishes Last Essays of Elia after the enormous success of his earlier Essays. A comic allegorization of his humdrum clerical job they become one of the period's literary sensations.
Charles Dickens begins his series Sketches by Boz in the Monthly Magazine.

International

Abolition of slavery in the British Empire; 780,000 slaves are freed, £20 million is allocated as compensation for slave owners and a six year apprenticeship system for freed slaves is established.

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