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William Fittock

after Nathaniel Tucker
mezzotint, 1741 or after
13 7/8 in. x 10 in. (354 mm x 253 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1964
Reference Collection
NPG D1955

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Motion of no confidence in Prime Minister Robert Walpole is followed by a general election. Walpole's majority is reduced to less than twenty and he suffers defeat in seven divisions.
Opening of the Foundling Hospital, London, to aid homeless and abandoned children.

Art and science

Lancelot 'Capability' Brown is appointed head gardener at Stowe, where he works with the architect William Kent.
Actor David Garrick makes his debut on the London stage in Richard III.
Henry Fielding publishes An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews satirising Samuel Richardson's best-selling novel Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded.

International

War of the Austrian Succession: Admiral Edward Vernon leads an unsuccessful attack on Spanish stronghold of Cartagena. Frederick II's Prussian army defeats the Austrians at Mollwitz, securing his hold on most of Silesia. French and Bavarian forces enter Prague.
Composer Johann Sebastian Bach publishes his set of Goldberg Variations, supposedly written for performance by the young harpsichordist Johann Gottlieb Goldberg.

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Yvonne Fuller

19 November 2019, 12:04

St Mawes, Cornwall has a very large version of this image which superficially appears to be quite old. Framed and mounted it stands about a metre tall. In 2016 the then manager of the Roseland Visitor Centre in St Mawes, where it is stored, had this visit:

"I had a visit today from these lovely people who are directly descended from William Fittock, Mayor of St Mawes 1740. As I had this print of him in the building, I thought it would be lovely to get a photo of them with it. Not brilliant quality due to the reflection off the glass but a great shot none the less! Father and Son, Peter and Joseph Reid from New Zealand. Peter's mother's maiden name was Fittock."

If it is of interest, you can see the photos posted here on Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10154678879452033&set=gm.1236843346337925&type=3&permPage=1&ifg=1

Is it possible that there is a much larger original plate from which this was directly printed or could it be from a later Victorian enlargement?