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Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, 4th Bt
15 of 16 portraits by John Jeffryes
© National Portrait Gallery, London
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Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, 4th Bt
by Samuel William Reynolds, published by John Jeffryes, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 7 September 1804
13 7/8 in. x 9 3/4 in. (351 mm x 249 mm) plate size; 15 7/8 in. x 11 in. (402 mm x 278 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1962
Reference Collection
NPG D36222
Sitterback to top
- Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, 4th Bt (1749-1789), Welsh politician and patron of the arts. Sitter in 9 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- John Jeffryes (active 1793-1804), Printseller. Artist or producer associated with 16 portraits.
- Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), Painter and first President of the Royal Academy. Artist or producer associated with 1425 portraits, Sitter associated with 40 portraits.
- Samuel William Reynolds (1773-1835), Mezzotint engraver and painter. Artist or producer associated with 639 portraits, Sitter in 3 portraits.
Events of 1804back to top
Current affairs
William Pitt returns to office and forms a second coalition administration, retaining many of those who had served under his predecessor Henry Addington but specifically excluding his arch rival Charles James Fox .Art and science
William Blake starts writing Jerusalem. One of his most ambitious allegorical poems, it took nearly eight years to complete.Amidst infighting about submissions to the annual exhibition, attempts are made to unseat painter Benjamin West as President of the Royal Academy and elect architect James Wyatt instead.
International
Napoleon declares himself Emperor of France and is crowned as Napoleon I by Pope Pius VII in Paris.Haiti achieves independence led by Toussaint L'Ouverture, the patriot and martyr who had seized control from the French in 1801. He becomes a symbolic figure of freedom for the British anti-slavery movement.
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