William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne (Lord Shelburne)

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William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne (Lord Shelburne)

by and published by Francesco Bartolozzi, after Thomas Gainsborough
stipple engraving, published 1787
11 in. x 8 7/8 in. (278 mm x 225 mm) plate size; 11 3/8 in. x 9 3/8 in. (290 mm x 238 mm) paper size
Bequeathed by (Frederick) Leverton Harris, 1927
Reference Collection
NPG D14181

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Artistsback to top

  • Francesco Bartolozzi (1727-1815), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 165 portraits, Sitter in 16 portraits.
  • Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788), Portrait and landscape painter. Artist or producer associated with 268 portraits, Sitter in 8 portraits.

Related worksback to top

  • NPG D5019: William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne (Lord Shelburne) (from same plate)
  • NPG D20263: William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne (Lord Shelburne) (from same plate)
  • NPG D37170: William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne (Lord Shelburne) (from same plate)

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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.
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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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