Bampfylde Moore Carew

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Bampfylde Moore Carew

by Richard Phelps
oil on canvas, 1750
30 1/8 in. x 25 1/8 in. (765 mm x 638 mm)
Purchased, 1983
Primary Collection
NPG 5562

On display at Tiverton Museum of Mid Devon Life, Tiverton

Sitterback to top

  • Bampfylde Moore Carew (1693-circa 1770), Impostor, known as 'King of the Gypsies'. Sitter in 3 portraits.

Artistback to top

  • Richard Phelps (circa 1718-1785), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 9 portraits, Sitter associated with 2 portraits.

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Current affairs

Notorious highwayman James MacLaine is apprehended and hanged at Tyburn, having passed in society as a wealthy gentleman for two years.
Scottish landlords start evicting tenants in the Highland Clearances.
Westminster Bridge is opened, the only fixed crossing of the River Thames between London Bridge and Putney.
Iron Act is passed restricting the manufacture of iron products in the American colonies.

Art and science

Electrician and experimental philosopher John Canton reads a paper before the Royal Society on a method of making artificial magnets.
Writer Samuel Johnson begins publishing his periodical The Rambler.
Artist Joshua Reynolds travels to Italy, where he remains until 1752.
Establishment of the Jockey Club; a gentleman's club which took over the regulation of British horse racing.

International

Composer Johann Sebastian Bach dies in Leipzig. He completes his Mass in B Minor, worked on over many years, shortly before his death.

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