Giovanna Sestini

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Giovanna Sestini

by John Jones, published by Robert Wilkinson, after William Lawranson
mezzotint, published 19 April 1780
10 1/8 in. x 7 1/2 in. (258 mm x 190 mm) plate size; 11 3/4 in. x 9 in. (300 mm x 228 mm) paper size
Bequeathed by (Frederick) Leverton Harris, 1927
Reference Collection
NPG D14349

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  • John Jones (circa 1745-1797), Engraver and printseller. Artist or producer associated with 93 portraits.
  • William Lawranson (baptised 1742-after 1782), Painter and engraver. Artist or producer associated with 15 portraits.
  • Robert Wilkinson (active 1767-1827), Publisher. Artist or producer associated with 61 portraits.

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Current affairs

Anti-Catholic mob led by Lord George Gordon marches on Parliament to protest against the Catholic Relief Act, leading to the outbreak of the Gordon Riots in London. Six days of rioting are ended by the intervention of troops, with 285 people shot dead.
Dunning's Motion in Parliament attacks the influence of the crown, suggesting that it has increased and ought to be diminished.

Art and science

Royal Academy moves to Somerset House on The Strand, London.
Mrs E. Johnson's British Gazette and Sunday Monitor, the first Sunday newspaper in Britain, begins publication.
Potter Josiah Wedgwood invents the pyrometer; a device used for measuring high temperatures.

International

American War of Independence: British troops under Charles Cornwallis defeat American army under Horatio Gates at Camden, South Carolina. The capture of British army officer and spy John André yields proof that US general Benedict Arnold is in the pay of the British. André is executed in as a spy.
Second Anglo-Mysore War in India between Hyder Ali and the East India Company.
Bolshoi Theatre of opera and ballet is founded in Moscow.

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