Lucy Loftus (née Brydges), Viscountess Lisburne
1 portrait by Charles Townley
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Lucy Loftus (née Brydges), Viscountess Lisburne
by Charles Townley, published by John Boydell, after Josiah Boydell, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, published 1 September 1787
15 3/4 in. x 11 3/8 in. (400 mm x 288 mm) plate size; 19 1/8 in. x 14 1/8 in. (487 mm x 360 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1929
Reference Collection
NPG D37406
Sitterback to top
- Lucy Loftus (née Brydges), Viscountess Lisburne (died 1689), First wife of 1st Viscount Lisburne; daughter of 6th Baron Chandos. Sitter associated with 7 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- John Boydell (1720-1804), Engraver and printseller. Artist or producer associated with 132 portraits, Sitter in 13 portraits.
- Josiah Boydell (1752-1817), Artist and publisher. Artist or producer associated with 69 portraits.
- Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 843 portraits, Sitter in 19 portraits.
- Charles Townley (1746-circa 1800), Painter and engraver. Artist or producer associated with 23 portraits.
Events of 1787back to top
Current affairs
Social reformers Granville Sharp and Thomas Clarkson found the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade in London with support from John Wesley, Josiah Wedgwood and others.George III shows first signs of mental instability in November.
Art and science
Painter Robert Barker takes out a patent on the Panorama..Astronomer William Herschel discovers the two moons of Uranus, Titania and Oberon.
The original Lord's Cricket Ground holds its first cricket match.
International
Captain William Bligh sets sail for Tahiti on The Bounty.First performance of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Don Giovanni at the National Theatre, Prague.
A British ship lands a party of freed slaves as the first modern settlers in Sierra Leone.
Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth with eleven ships full of convicts to establish a penal colony in Australia.
Bahamas become a British colony.
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