George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney
1 portrait by Joseph Singleton
© National Portrait Gallery, London
George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney
by Joseph Singleton, published by John Sewell, after Ozias Humphry
stipple engraving, published 25 June 1796
6 3/4 in. x 4 3/4 in. (173 mm x 121 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D13803
Sitterback to top
- George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney (1737-1806), Diplomat and colonial governor. Sitter in 9 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Ozias Humphry (1742-1810), Painter. Artist or producer associated with 45 portraits, Sitter in 7 portraits.
- John Sewell (1735-1802), Bookseller and print publisher; proprietor of the European Magazine. Artist or producer associated with 48 portraits.
- Joseph Singleton. Artist or producer associated with 4 portraits.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Ingamells, John, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, 2004, p. 321
Events of 1796back to top
Current affairs
Birth of Princess Charlotte, only child of George, Prince of Wales and Princess Caroline whose marriage soon quickly and publicly degenerates.Art and science
Fanny Burney publishes Camilla, one of several influential novels exploring social misunderstanding and the fashionable mode of sensibility.Architect William Chambers completes the building of Somerset House.
Collector William Beckford, the richest man in England, begins construction of his gothic fantasy Fonthill Abbey.
International
Napoleon Bonaparte assumes command of the French armies in Italy and defeats the Austrians at Millesimo and the Piedmontese at Mondovi.Arthur Wellesley, later Duke of Wellington, arrives in India as a colonel.
John Adams is elected President of the United States, defeating Thomas Jefferson by three votes.
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