'Consequences of a successful French invasion, No 1, plate 1st'
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'Consequences of a successful French invasion, No 1, plate 1st'
by and published by James Gillray
hand-coloured etching, published 1 March 1798
12 5/8 in. x 14 1/4 in. (322 mm x 362 mm) plate size; 16 3/8 in. x 17 3/4 in. (416 mm x 450 mm) paper size
Purchased, 1947
Reference Collection
NPG D13086
Artistback to top
- James Gillray (1756-1815), Caricaturist. Artist or producer associated with 887 portraits, Sitter in 7 portraits.
Sittersback to top
- Charles James Fox (1749-1806), Whig statesman. Sitter associated with 313 portraits. Identify
- Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742-1811), Statesman. Sitter associated with 82 portraits. Identify
- Napoléon Bonaparte (1769-1821), Emperor of France 1804-14. Sitter associated with 91 portraits. Identify
- Henry Phipps, Viscount Normanby and Earl of Mulgrave (1755-1831), Foreign Secretary and general. Sitter associated with 12 portraits. Identify
- William Pitt (1759-1806), Prime Minister. Sitter associated with 174 portraits. Identify
- Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816), Dramatist and parliamentary orator. Sitter associated with 168 portraits. Identify
- William Wilberforce (1759-1833), Philanthropist and reformer. Sitter associated with 33 portraits. Identify
- William Windham (1750-1810), Politician; Secretary at War. Sitter associated with 52 portraits. Identify
Related worksback to top
- NPG D13087: 'Consequences of a successful French invasion, No 1, plate 2d' (from same series as)
- NPG D13088: 'Consequences of a successful French invasion, No III, plate 2d' (Charles James Fox?) (from same series as)
- NPG D13089: 'Consequences of a successful French invasion, No VI, plate 1st' (from same series as)
Events of 1798back to top
Current affairs
To meet war costs, William Pitt introduces a Finance Bill which levies income tax for the first time.Art and science
William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge publish Lyrical Ballads; a key publication for the romantic movement in poetry. Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner opens the volume.Publisher and printseller Rudolph Ackermann establishes his popular 'Repository of the Arts' shop, gallery, library and social centre on the Strand.
International
Uprising of the United Irishmen: a republican rebellion which attempted to achieve Ireland's total independence by force with the aid of a French invasion. It was only narrowly defeated.Battle of the Nile. Napoleon's visionary Egyptian campaign offers British first major victory as Nelson destroys the French fleet.
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