'King Arthur's Round Table'

1 portrait of Charles William Vane-Stewart, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry

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'King Arthur's Round Table'

published by Gabriel Shire Tregear
hand-coloured etching, published February 1828
9 3/4 in. x 13 3/4 in. (248 mm x 350 mm) plate size; 10 5/8 in. x 16 3/8 in. (269 mm x 417 mm) paper size
Bequeathed by Sir Edward Dillon Lott du Cann, 2018
Reference Collection
NPG D48710

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  • Gabriel Shire Tregear (active 1828-1840), Printseller and publisher. Artist or producer associated with 12 portraits.

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Current affairs

Duke of Wellington becomes Prime Minister.
Madhouse Act attempts to regulate asylums and ensure new arrivals are genuinely insane.
Repeal of the Test Acts removes political restrictions from dissenters, allowing them to hold public office.

Art and science

London Zoological Gardens open in Regent's Park. They provide both entertainment and a supply of exotic specimens for naturalists and anatomists such as Richard Owen who becomes a European authority on the subject.

International

Daniel O'Connell is elected Member of Parliament for County Clare but as a Catholic is not permitted to take his seat.

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