Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
57 of 59 portraits of Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
by William Thomas Fry, published by Fisher Son & Co, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
stipple engraving, published 1847
15 1/8 in. x 11 in. (384 mm x 279 mm) paper size
Reference Collection
NPG D41902
Sitterback to top
- Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1770-1828), Prime Minister. Sitter associated with 59 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Fisher Son & Co (active 1828-1847), Publishers. Artist or producer associated with 54 portraits.
- William Thomas Fry (1789-1843), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 62 portraits.
- Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), Portrait painter, collector and President of the Royal Academy. Artist or producer associated with 696 portraits, Sitter in 25 portraits.
Events of 1847back to top
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The 10 Hours Factory Act passed, regulating working hours for women and children under the age of eighteen to a maximum of ten hours a day.The Communist League is founded in London, and drew up a set of rules and aims, including overthrowing the bourgeoisie and empowering the Proleteriat, and ending class division, forming the basis of Karl Marx's The Communist Manifesto (1848).}
Death and emigration resulting from starvation, plague and disease during worst year of the Great Famine in Ireland, known as Black 47.
Art and science
A good year for novels: Emily Bronte's passionate, rebellious and gothic Wuthering Heightsis published, followed shortly by her sister Charlotte's 'Jane Eyre, a story of a governess's struggle for liberty from social and gender constrictions. Drawing on a similar vein of revolution and rebellious women, William Thackeray's satirical novel Vanity Fair is serialised.International
The Don Pacifico affair sparks an international incident, when the Jewish trader's business was burned in an anti-semitic attack in Athens. When the Greek government refused to compensate him, Gibraltar-born Pacifico appealed to the British government. Foreign Minister Palmerston sent a squadron into the Aegean in 1850 to seize goods of the equivalent value, leading to strained relations with Turkey and Russia, and heated debates in Parliament.
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