'Mr Shuter, Mr Quick and Mrs Green in the characters of Hardcastle'
1 portrait of John Quick
'Mr Shuter, Mr Quick and Mrs Green in the characters of Hardcastle'
by Robert Laurie, printed for Robert Sayer, printed for John Bennett, after Thomas Parkinson
mezzotint, published 8 February 1776
17 7/8 in. x 21 3/4 in. (455 mm x 552 mm) plate size; 18 1/8 in. x 21 7/8 in. (461 mm x 557 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D40720
Sittersback to top
- Jane Green (née Hippisley) (1719-1791), Actress. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
- John Quick (1748-1831), Actor. Sitter in 12 portraits. Identify
- Edward Shuter (1728?-1776), Actor and singer. Sitter in 4 portraits. Identify
Artistsback to top
- John Bennett (died 1787), Map and Printseller. Artist or producer associated with 18 portraits.
- Robert Laurie (Lowery or Lowry or Lowrie or Lawrey or Lawrie) (1755?-1836), Mezzotint engraver and printseller. Artist or producer associated with 69 portraits.
- Thomas Parkinson (1744-1789?), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 7 portraits.
- Robert Sayer (1724 or 1725-1794), Printseller and publisher. Artist or producer associated with 198 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D19744: 'Mr Shuter, Mr Quick and Mrs Green in the characters of Hardcastle' (from same plate)
Events of 1776back to top
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Tahitian visitor to London Omai returns home with Captain James Cook on his third voyage. During his two-year stay he inspired a play and was painted by Joshua Reynolds.Member of Parliament David Hartley unsuccessfully introduces a motion to the House of Commons calling for the abolition of the slave trade.
Art and science
Edward Gibbon produces the first volume of his monumental The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.Artist John Constable is born.
Scottish economist Adam Smith analyses the nature and causes of prosperity in his magnum opus The Wealth of Nations.
International
American War of Independence: George Washington raises a new American flag on Prospect Hill, Boston. In an anonymous pamphlet entitled Common Sense, English immigrant Thomas Paine is the first to argue that the American colonies should be independent. Declaration of American Independence on 4 July.Comments back to top
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