NPG D15829; Edward Michael Pakenham, 2nd Baron Longford - Portrait - National Portrait Gallery

Edward Michael Pakenham, 2nd Baron Longford

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Edward Michael Pakenham, 2nd Baron Longford

by Henry Meyer, published by R. Hunter, after Hugh Douglas Hamilton
stipple engraving, published 30 March 1820
7 1/2 in. x 4 3/4 in. (190 mm x 121 mm) paper size
Bequeathed by (Frederick) Leverton Harris, 1927
Reference Collection
NPG D15829

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  • Hugh Douglas Hamilton (1739-1808), Artist. Artist or producer associated with 40 portraits.
  • R. Hunter (active 1820). Artist or producer associated with 1 portrait.
  • Henry Meyer (1782?-1847), Portrait painter and engraver. Artist or producer associated with 281 portraits.

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George III dies at Windsor Castle on 29 January and George IV ascends to the throne.
'Trial of Queen Caroline' in the House of Lords; Parliament drops the Bill which was to legitimise a divorce between Caroline and George IV.
Cato Street Conspiracy to assassinate the cabinet discovered. Arthur Thistlewood and fellow conspirators are hung.

Art and science

Sir Thomas Lawrence becomes President of the Royal Academy.
Astronomical Society is set up by John Herschel and Charles Babbage.
First iron steamship is launched.

International

Actor, Edmund Kean goes on a successful tour of America after making his name at the Drury Lane Theatre.
Revolutions begin in Spain, Portugal and Naples.
The famous ancient Greek statue of the Venus de Milo is rediscovered on the Island of Melos and purchased by the Louvre in Paris.

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