John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute
1 portrait of John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute
© National Portrait Gallery, London
John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute
by Edward Fisher, published by William Humphrey, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 1783
15 3/4 in. x 12 3/8 in. (399 mm x 315 mm) plate size; 20 5/8 in. x 14 3/4 in. (523 mm x 376 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D32467
Sitterback to top
- John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute (1744-1814), Diplomat and collector. Sitter in 13 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Edward Fisher (1722-before 1782), Mezzotint engraver. Artist or producer associated with 92 portraits.
- William Humphrey (1742?-before 1815), Engraver and printseller. Artist or producer associated with 70 portraits.
- Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), Painter and first President of the Royal Academy. Artist or producer associated with 1424 portraits, Sitter associated with 39 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D32465: John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute (from same plate)
- NPG D32466: John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute (from same plate)
- NPG D32476: John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute (from same plate)
Events of 1783back to top
Current affairs
William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne resigns as Prime Minister over the proposed peace terms with the United States. Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford briefly forms a government with Charles James Fox in April but is succeeded by a government under William Pitt the Younger who, at the age of 24 becomes the youngest British Prime Minister ever to take office.The highwayman John Austin is the last person to be publicly executed at Tyburn.
Art and science
Physician and natural philosopher Erasmus Darwin begins publication of A System of Vegetables, a translation from Latin of the work of Swedish botanist Carolus Linnaeus in which he coins many common English names of plants.International
Defeat of Charles James Fox's India Bill in the House of Lords which aimed to assist ailing British East India Company.American War of Independence: Treaty of Paris is signed by Britain, France, Spain and the United States, under which the British government recognises US independence. Britain begins to evacuate loyalists and the last British troops leave New York City three months later.
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