Hoppner, John

Pitt, Fox and Nelson head the statesmen and commanders in these prints after John Hoppner (1758–1810), the English portrait ...

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Pitt, Fox and Nelson head the statesmen and commanders in these prints after John Hoppner (1758–1810), the English portrait painter, engraved long after his death and published in 1849–1853, partly by John Tallis. Ralph Abercromby and the Duke of Bedford are also among the sitters. On some plates a decorative border carries historical vignettes, such as the Gordon Riots or an attack on George III, placing the likeness within the national story told by the illustrated histories of the Victorian age.

Pitt, Fox and Nelson head the statesmen and commanders in these prints after John Hoppner (1758–1810), the English portrait painter, engraved long after his death and published in 1849–1853, partly by John Tallis. Ralph Abercromby and the Duke of Bedford are also among the sitters. On some plates a decorative border carries historical vignettes, such as the Gordon Riots or an attack on George III, placing the likeness within the national story told by the illustrated histories of the Victorian age.

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