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- The House of Commons, 1833 is a large history painting by the British artist George Hayter. It depicts the first meeting of the House of Commons following the 1832 Great Reform Act and the subsequent general election that produced a landslide majority for the ruling Whig Government.
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The House of Commons, 1833 is a large history painting by the British artist George Hayter. [1] It depicts the first meeting of the House of Commons following the 1832 Great Reform Act and the subsequent general election that produced a landslide majority for the ruling Whig Government.
The new enlarged and redistributed House of Commons was represented by George Hayter in a great work of celebration and it is telling that Wellington is shown in the foreground with his back to the Members.
Hayter's picture represents the moving of the address to the Crown on 5 February 1833, at the opening of the first Reformed Parliament in the House of Commons (St Stephen's Chapel, destroyed by fire, 1834). The figure actually speaking on the left is the 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane.
His grandiose plan to paint the first sitting after the passage of the Reform Bill resulted in his painting Moving the Address to the Crown on the Opening of the First Reformed Parliament in the Old House of Commons, 5 February 1833 (1833–1843; London, N.P.G.), for which he executed nearly 400 portrait studies in oil. Hayter was an ardent ...
This Portrait in focus page is an accessible version of our in-gallery interactive in Room 12, which enables you to find out more about the individuals in the House of Commons portrait on display. The House of Commons, 1833. by Sir George Hayter. oil on canvas, 1833-1843.
George Hayter's painting of The 1833 House of Commons (Pi 1), depicting the moving of the address to the crown during the first 'reformed' parliamentary session in early 1833. Covering 170 square feet of canvas, it is the largest painting in the National Portrait Gallery.1 Individual portraits from the
Mar 30, 2009 · The House of Commons, 1833, by Sir George Hayter (died 1871), given to the National Portrait Gallery, London in 1858. Also known as "The Meeting of the First Reformed Parliament". See source website for additional information.
