John Harriott
2 of 2 portraits by Henry Hervé
© National Portrait Gallery, London
John Harriott
by Henry Richard Cook, after Henry Hervé
line engraving, 1815
6 5/8 in. x 3 3/4 in. (168 mm x 95 mm) plate size; 7 5/8 in. x 4 3/8 in. (194 mm x 111 mm) paper size
Given by Henry Witte Martin, 1861
Reference Collection
NPG D8207
Sitterback to top
- John Harriott (1745-1817), Magistrate and founder of the London Thames Police. Sitter in 2 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Henry Richard Cook (active 1804-1849), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 67 portraits.
- Henry Hervé (active circa 1800-circa 1820), Silhouettist and miniature painter. Artist or producer associated with 2 portraits.
Events of 1815back to top
Current affairs
John and James Leigh Hunt are released from prison after a two year sentence for slandering the Prince of Wales in their outspoken, radical periodical the Examiner.Corn Laws are introduced to protect against the collapse in prices which would inevitably follow peace with France, prompting riots in London.
Art and science
Humphry Davy invents the miners' safety lamp though its reception is clouded by William Clanny and George Stephenson who present rival models in the same year.British Institution arranges first in innovative series of Old Master exhibitions
provoking virulent attack on its patrons for neglecting contemporary art.
International
Napoleon returns to France from exile in Elba and resumes power until his abdication on 22 June; a period known as the 'Hundred Days'.Battle of Waterloo concludes the Anglo-French struggle that had lasted more than a century. Peace of Vienna establishes Britain's global political, economic and imperial dominance which lasts for the next hundred years.
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