The Audience of the Grand Signor (A Sultan of Turkey receiving a British Ambassador)
© National Portrait Gallery, London
The Audience of the Grand Signor (A Sultan of Turkey receiving a British Ambassador)
by Unknown artist, associated with Francis Smith, and Robert Pranker
watercolour and bodycolour, circa 1755-1765
20 3/8 in. x 29 3/8 in. (518 mm x 746 mm)
Bequeathed by William Agnew Moore, 1951
Primary Collection
NPG 3797
Artistsback to top
- Robert Pranker (active 1761-1763), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 4 portraits.
- Francis Smith (circa 1705-circa 1779), Painter. Artist or producer associated with 2 portraits.
- Unknown artist, Artist. Artist or producer associated with 6578 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D18007: The Grand Signior giving Audience to the English Ambassador (source portrait)
Linked publicationsback to top
- Ingamells, John, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, 2004, p. 514
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 719
Subjects & Themesback to top
Events of 1755back to top
Current affairs
George Grenville resigns as Treasurer of the Navy and Henry Bilson Legge as Chancellor of the Exchequer in protest over payments made to Russia to protect Hanover. William Pitt the Elder is dismissed from the position of Paymaster of the Forces.Art and science
Samuel Johnson publishes his monumental Dictionary; the first authoritative dictionary of the English language.Methodist preacher John Wesley publishes Notes on a New Testament.
International
An earthquake nearly completely destroys Lisbon, Portugal. The event is widely discussed by European Enlightenment thinkers, inspiring Voltaire's Candide. Its intensive study leads to the birth of modern seismology and earthquake engineering.Edward Braddock fights French and Indian troops in the Ohio valley. His army are ambushed at Fort Duquesne and he is killed; one of several encounters prior to the declaration of the Seven Years War.
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