Samuel Chandler

1 portrait by Mason Chamberlin

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Samuel Chandler

by William Pether, after Mason Chamberlin
mezzotint, published 1767
19 7/8 in. x 14 in. (504 mm x 356 mm) plate size; 20 1/4 in. x 14 1/4 in. (514 mm x 362 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1953
Reference Collection
NPG D32854

Sitterback to top

  • Samuel Chandler (1693-1766), Dissenting minister and theologian. Sitter in 1 portrait.

Artistsback to top

  • Mason Chamberlin (1722-1787), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 10 portraits, Sitter in 4 portraits.
  • William Pether (1739-1821), Mezzotint engraver and painter. Artist or producer associated with 20 portraits.

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Events of 1767back to top

Current affairs

Birth of Prince Edward, fourth son of George III and father of Queen Victoria.
Chancellor, Charles Townshend, passes a series of acts - the 'Townshend Duties' - taxing all glass, lead, paint, paper and tea imported into the American colonies.
Work begins on Edinburgh's New Town, to the design of the 23-year-old architect James Craig.

Art and science

Josiah Spode establishes the Spode pottery manufactory at Stoke-on-Trent.
Philosopher and chemist Joseph Priestley publishes The History and Present State of Electricity.
First annual Nautical Almanac is produced by Astronomer Royal Nevil Maskelyne, allowing mariners to find their longitude while at sea, using tables of lunar distances.

International

'Townshend Duties' cause uproar in America.
First Anglo-Mysore War breaks out between between the Sultanate of Mysore Hyder Ali and the East India Company.
Jesuits are expelled from Spain.
Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon complete a four-year survey to establish the boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland; the Mason-Dixon line.


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