'The Cunning Jackdaw and the Peacocks' (includes John Bull; Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey; George Canning; John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington and four other unknown sitters)
1 portrait of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey
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'The Cunning Jackdaw and the Peacocks' (includes John Bull; Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey; George Canning; John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington and four other unknown sitters)
by Thomas Howell Jones, published by George Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 2 June 1827
9 3/4 in. x 13 7/8 in. (249 mm x 351 mm) plate size; 10 1/2 in. x 14 7/8 in. (268 mm x 377 mm) paper size
Bequeathed by Sir Edward Dillon Lott du Cann, 2018
Reference Collection
NPG D48699
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- John Bull (active 1712-present), Fictitious epitomist of Englishness and British imperialism. Sitter associated with 151 portraits. Identify
- George Canning (1770-1827), Prime Minister. Sitter associated with 64 portraits. Identify
- John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon (1751-1838), Lord Chancellor. Sitter in 142 portraits. Identify
- Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (1764-1845), Prime Minister. Sitter associated with 190 portraits. Identify
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), Field Marshal and Prime Minister. Sitter associated with 640 portraits. Identify
Artistsback to top
- George Humphrey (active 1783-1831), Publisher and printseller; nephew of Hannah Humphrey. Artist or producer associated with 88 portraits, Sitter associated with 1 portrait.
- Thomas Howell Jones (active 1823-1848), Printmaker. Artist or producer associated with 19 portraits.
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Events of 1827back to top
Current affairs
Lord Liverpool suffers a stroke and is forced to resign as Prime Minister. George Canning succeeds him only to die after four months in office.Art and science
University College London, the first metropolitan university in England, is founded specifically to educate dissenters excluded from Oxford and Cambridge. Whig politician Henry Brougham, writer Thomas Campbell and financier and philanthropist Isaac Goldsmid are its principal patrons.International
Britain, France and Russia sign a treaty in London agreeing to intervene in the Greek War of Independence. Allied troops under General Edward Codrington subsequently destroy Turkish and Egyptian fleets at the Battle of Navarino.Western Australia is explored for the first time by Captain Stirling.
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