John Baker Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield
2 of 7 portraits of John Baker Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield
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© National Portrait Gallery, London
John Baker Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield
by Henry Edridge
pencil and wash, 1798
10 3/4 in. x 7 1/4 in. (273 mm x 184 mm)
Purchased, 1928
Primary Collection
NPG 2185
Sitterback to top
- John Baker Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield (1735-1821), Statesman. Sitter associated with 7 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Henry Edridge (1769-1821), Portrait painter and landscape draughtsman. Artist or producer associated with 117 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG 2185a: Anne Holroyd (née North), Countess of Sheffield (companion portrait)
Linked publicationsback to top
- Ingamells, John, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, 2004, p. 427
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 561
Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top
- Late Eighteenth Century Prints and Drawings (17 April 2004 - 5 September 2004)
Events of 1798back to top
Current affairs
To meet war costs, William Pitt introduces a Finance Bill which levies income tax for the first time.Art and science
William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge publish Lyrical Ballads; a key publication for the romantic movement in poetry. Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner opens the volume.Publisher and printseller Rudolph Ackermann establishes his popular 'Repository of the Arts' shop, gallery, library and social centre on the Strand.
International
Uprising of the United Irishmen: a republican rebellion which attempted to achieve Ireland's total independence by force with the aid of a French invasion. It was only narrowly defeated.Battle of the Nile. Napoleon's visionary Egyptian campaign offers British first major victory as Nelson destroys the French fleet.
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