Sir George Howland Beaumont, 7th Bt
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© National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir George Howland Beaumont, 7th Bt
by John Wright, after John Hoppner
watercolour, engraved 1812, based on a work of 1803
7 in. x 6 in. (184 mm x 152 mm)
Purchased, 1943
Primary Collection
NPG 3157
Sitterback to top
- Sir George Howland Beaumont, 7th Bt (1753-1827), Art patron, connoisseur and landscape painter. Sitter associated with 12 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- John Hoppner (1758-1810), Painter. Artist or producer associated with 217 portraits, Sitter in 13 portraits.
- John Wright (circa 1745-1820), Engraver and miniaturist. Artist or producer associated with 33 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D19827: Sir George Howland Beaumont, 7th Bt (based on same portrait)
- NPG D31591: Sir George Howland Beaumont, 7th Bt (based on same portrait)
- NPG D31590: Sir George Howland Beaumont, 7th Bt (based on same portrait)
Linked publicationsback to top
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 42
- Walker, Richard, Regency Portraits, 1985, p. 30
Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top
- British Artists in Rome: The John Partridge Sketchbook, 1823 - 27 (21 August 2010 - 27 March 2011)
Events of 1803back to top
Current affairs
The Vice Society is formally established by John Reeves and his associates to campaign against blasphemy and immorality, particularly that perpetrated by Thomas Paine and the Edinburgh Review.Art and science
Erasmus Darwin's Temple of Nature published posthumously. A scientific treaty in the form of an elaborate couplet poem, its content anticipated some of the evolutionary ideas developed by his grandson, Charles Darwin, fifty years later.Construction of the Caledonian Canal begins.
International
War with France resumes, sparking new fears of a cross-channel invasion.United Irishman, Robert Emmett's attempted uprising in Dublin. Planned to coincide with Napoleon's expected invasion, it aimed to overthrow the English administration but ended in failure. Emmett is hanged along with several other conspirators.
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