Benjamin Stillingfleet
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© National Portrait Gallery, London
Benjamin Stillingfleet
by Johan Joseph Zoffany
oil on canvas, circa 1761
36 in. x 27 7/8 in. (913 mm x 707 mm)
Purchased, 1999
Primary Collection
NPG 6477
Artistback to top
- Johan Joseph Zoffany (1733-1810), Painter of portraits and conversation pieces. Artist or producer associated with 51 portraits, Sitter associated with 11 portraits.
This portraitback to top
Probably painted for Stillingfleet's close friend, Robert Marsham, showing him with a volume of Linnaeus in hand.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D42144: Benjamin Stillingfleet (source portrait)
- NPG D42145: Benjamin Stillingfleet (source portrait)
- NPG D42146: Benjamin Stillingfleet (source portrait)
Linked publicationsback to top
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- Eger, Elizabeth; Peltz, Lucy, Brilliant Women: 18th Century Bluestockings, 2008 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 13 March to 15 June 2008), p. 30
- Ingamells, John, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, 2004, p. 445
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 590
Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top
- Brilliant Women: 18th-Century Bluestockings (13 March 2008 - 15 June 2008)
Events of 1761back to top
Current affairs
George, Prince of Wales marries Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz at St James' Palace. He is crowned George III two weeks later.Buckingham House, on the site of present-day Buckingham Palace, is purchased for the royal family.
Bridgewater canal, engineered by James Brindley, opens as Britain's first canal.
Art and science
Establishment of Matthew Boulton's toy factory, the Soho Manufactory, near Birmingham; considered the first modern factory in Britain.Allan Ramsay becomes Painter to the King.
International
Seven Years' War: General Sir Eyre Coote captures Pondicherry from the French in India. A combined Prussian-Hanoverian-British force led by Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick defeats a large French army at the Battle of Villinghausen. France and Spain sign the Pacte de Famille forming an alliance against Britain. Prime Minister William Pitt the Elder fails to garner support to declare war on Spain.Comments back to top
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