'The theatrical war'
1 portrait by Samuel William Fores
'The theatrical war'
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 30 June 1787
6 1/2 in. x 10 in. (164 mm x 255 mm) plate size; 6 7/8 in. x 10 1/2 in. (175 mm x 265 mm) paper size
Purchased, 1947
Reference Collection
NPG D12366
Artistsback to top
- Samuel William Fores (baptised 1761-1838), Printseller and publisher. Artist or producer associated with 119 portraits.
- James Gillray (1756-1815), Caricaturist. Artist or producer associated with 887 portraits, Sitter in 7 portraits.
Sittersback to top
- George Colman the Elder (1732-1794), Playwright. Sitter associated with 10 portraits. Identify
- George Colman the Younger (1762-1836), Dramatist. Sitter associated with 6 portraits. Identify
- Dr Ford, Business partner of Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Sitter associated with 1 portrait. Identify
- Thomas Linley the Elder (1732-1795), Composer. Sitter associated with 1 portrait. Identify
- John Palmer (1742 or 1743 or 1744-1798), Actor. Sitter in 8 portraits. Identify
- Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816), Dramatist and parliamentary orator. Sitter associated with 168 portraits. Identify
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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