'Miss Potts afterwards the Mother of Sir Edwin Landseer'
1 portrait by Robert Bowyer Parkes
'Miss Potts afterwards the Mother of Sir Edwin Landseer'
by Robert Bowyer Parkes, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (1788)
9 1/2 in. x 6 7/8 in. (242 mm x 175 mm) plate size; 20 in. x 13 5/8 in. (508 mm x 347 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D37154
Sittersback to top
- Jane Landseer (née Potts) (1773 or 1774-1840), Wife of John George Landseer. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Hannah Macklin (née Kenting) (died 1808), Printer and publisher. Sitter in 1 portrait, Artist or producer associated with 5 portraits. Identify
- Maria Macklin (active 1788), Daughter of Thomas Macklin. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
Artistsback to top
- Robert Bowyer Parkes (1830-1891), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 60 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.
Subjects & Themesback to top
Events of 1788back to top
Current affairs
Parliament begins an investigation into the slave trade, led by reformers Thomas Clarkson and William Wilberforce.Regency Crisis; George III's madness is announced provoking a political storm.
Former Governor-General of Bengal Warren Hastings' trial begins before the House of Lords.
Henry Benedict Stuart becomes the new Stuart claimant to the British throne.
Art and science
Artist Thomas Gainsborough dies.First edition of The Times newspaper is published in London.
Scottish engineer and inventor William Symington demonstrates the first paddle steamer on Dalswinton Loch near Dumfries.
Robert Burns writes his version of the Scots poem Auld Lang Syne.
International
Ministers of the French King, Louis XVI, reluctantly announce that the Estates General will meet the following year, for the first time since 1614.United States constitution comes into force when New Hampshire becomes the ninth state to ratify it.
First Fleet reaches Australia, anchoring in Botany Bay. Arthur Phillip, selecting a suitable site for the first Australian penal colony, names the place Sydney Cove.
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