Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu
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Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu
by Joseph Brown, published by and after George Perfect Harding
line and stipple engraving, published 1 December 1845
14 7/8 in. x 10 in. (379 mm x 254 mm) plate size; 16 7/8 in. x 11 3/4 in. (428 mm x 298 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1860
Reference Collection
NPG D38876
Sitterback to top
- Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu (1528-1592), Courtier and diplomat. Sitter in 5 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Joseph Brown (1809-1887), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 167 portraits.
- George Perfect Harding (1779 or 1780-1853), Portrait painter, copyist and antiquary. Artist or producer associated with 173 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
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Current affairs
Cardinal Newman converts to Roman Catholicism. A leader of the Oxford movement , growing in influence since the 1820s, Newman had raised doubts about the authority of the Anglican church.Ralph Etwall, MP for Andover, demands an inquiry into the administration of the Andover workhouse, which leads to the abolition of the Poor Law Commission, and resolution of Parliament to improve workhouse conditions.
Art and science
The American poet, short story writer, critic and leader of the American Romantic movement, Edgar Allan Poe, publishes his narrative poem 'The Raven'. The poem is a supernatural tale of a mysterious talking raven's visit to a distraught lover, who descends into madness, and explores themes of self-torture and obsession.The reconstruction of Trafalgar Square, by architects John Nash and Sir Charles Barry, is completed.
International
Sir John Franklin's expedition in search of the North-West passage, the sea route linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Franklin took two ships, the Erebus and the Terror, and a crew of 129 men made up Royal Navy officers. The crew never returned. Search parties sent out years later discovered the ships had got stuck in frozen waters, and that all the men had died.Tell us more back to top
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