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Edward Jesse

by W. & A.H. Fry (Walter & Allen Hastings Fry)
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1867
4 1/8 in. x 2 1/2 in. (104 mm x 62 mm) overall
Given by Terence Pepper, 2014
Photographs Collection
NPG x197528

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  • Edward Jesse (1780-1868), Natural historian. Sitter in 2 portraits.

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The Second Reform Act, although effectively a Liberal measure, is expediently passed by the Conservatives, under Disraeli's influence, who believed it would widen Conservative appeal by making the party appear more progressive. The Act extended the vote to 1.5 million working men in British towns, and redistributed 52 seats from towns with populations under 10,000 to the newer urban towns.

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Karl Marx publishes his hugely influential Das Kapital, whilst living and researching in London. Its proclaimed aim was 'to lay bare the economic law of motion of modern society', and it presented mid-Victorian capitalism in terms of a tragic drama.
Henry Irving rises to fame on the London stage, performing alongside Ellen Terry for the first time, beginning their famous theatrical association.

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Francis Joseph, the Emperor of Austria, becomes King of Hungary, and thus ruler of the 'dual monarchy' of Austria-Hungary.
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Jane Evans

26 September 2021, 10:57

More about Edward Jesse and his life can be obtained from his daughter's book published under C.M. (her name being Matilda Charlotte Houstoun nee Jesse ) called 'The Letters and Reminiscences of the Rev. John Mitford with a sketch of his correspondent's life'. Copy I have is dated 1891 by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington Ltd, Fleet Street, London.
Edward Jesse and John Mitford were friends who shared a mutual love of Natural History and corresponded regularly. There is an image of Edward Jesse at the front, signed by him and which is the same person as seen in the portrait you have dated 1867 Brighton. On page 280 of the book is published a notice of Edward Jesse's obituary.
There is also reference to Edward Jesse's parentage and early career in the same daughter's earlier book entitled 'Memories of World Known Men'