Benjamin Hoadly

1 portrait by Thomas Cook

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Benjamin Hoadly

by and published by Thomas Cook, published by George and John Robinson, after William Hogarth
line engraving, 1802-1806 (1741)
16 3/4 in. x 11 3/8 in. (427 mm x 290 mm) plate size; 18 3/4 in. x 13 1/2 in. (476 mm x 342 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D35865

Sitterback to top

  • Benjamin Hoadly (1676-1761), Bishop of Winchester and controversialist; leader of Feathers tavern petitioners. Sitter in 12 portraits.

Artistsback to top

  • Thomas Cook (1744 or 1745?-1818), Printmaker. Artist or producer associated with 36 portraits.
  • William Hogarth (1697-1764), Painter and engraver. Artist or producer associated with 128 portraits, Sitter associated with 19 portraits.
  • George and John Robinson (active 1802-1806), Booksellers. Artist or producer associated with 2 portraits.

Related worksback to top

  • NPG D13894: Benjamin Hoadly (based on same portrait)
  • NPG D35866: Benjamin Hoadly (based on same portrait)
  • NPG D35867: Benjamin Hoadly (based on same portrait)
  • NPG D35868: Benjamin Hoadly (based on same portrait)
  • NPG D35869: Benjamin Hoadly (based on same portrait)
  • NPG D35870: Benjamin Hoadly (based on same portrait)

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Current affairs

After returning from Naples, Nelson tours England with the diplomat and antiquarian Sir William Hamilton and his wife Emma, with whom he was having an affair. With Nelson's status confirmed as a national hero, their reception outrivals that of the King.
Extensive strikes in government shipyards led by John Gast.

Art and science

Francis Jeffrey, MP and arbiter of literary taste, co-founds the Edinburgh Review, the influential Whig quarterly which voiced strong criticism of Wordsworth, Coleridge and Southey.
The Exchange, where stocks were traded, is rebuilt to cope with an increase in business during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.

International

Peace of Amiens; Britain finally agrees to unpopular peace, leaving France the chief power in Europe and returning recent British colonial acquisitions.
Napoleon is declared First Consul of the French Empire for life.
English flock to see the international war plunder now on display at the Louvre in Paris.

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