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Early Victorian EnglishVery Large 1840s English Portrait of a Country Gentleman Holding Times Newspaper
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About the Item
"The Corn Bill"
English Artist, circa 1840's, unsigned
oil on canvas, framed in antique gilt scrolled and swept frame
framed: 45 x 37 inches
canvas: 36 x 28 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: very good and sound condition; please note the frame is very vulnerable and fragile and as such we are happy to include it free of charge with the painting but cannot warranty its condition on arrival.
Historically significant portrait of this early Victorian gentleman holding a copy of the Times Newspaper, which heralds the news of the Corn Bill set by the British Prime Minister Robert Peel, following the terrible year of the Irish Potato famine.
After 1791, protective legislation, combined with trade prohibitions imposed by war, forced grain prices to rise sharply. A bad harvest in 1795 led to food riots; there was a prolonged crisis during 1799–1801, and the period from 1805 to 1813 saw a sequence of bad harvests and high prices. From 1815, when an act attempted to fix prices, to 1822, grain prices fluctuated, and continuing protection was increasingly unpopular. The Anti-Corn Law League, founded in Manchester in 1839, began to mobilize the industrial middle classes against the landlords and in 1843 assisted Scotsman James Wilson in founding London’s weekly news and opinion magazine The Economist to serve as a voice against Corn Laws. The league’s leader, Richard Cobden, was able to influence the prime minister, Sir Robert Peel. The failure of the Irish potato crop in 1845 persuaded Peel to support the repeal of all Corn Laws, which was achieved in 1846. Regulation again became necessary in 1902, when a minimal duty was imposed on imported grain and flour, and in 1932, when British-grown wheat was protected by statute in recognition of an increasing dependence on foreign imports.
- Creator:Early Victorian English (British, English)
- Dimensions:Height: 45 in (114.3 cm)Width: 37 in (93.98 cm)Depth: 3 in (7.62 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Cirencester, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU509314550332
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