'Thunder, lightning and smoke'
9 of 49 portraits of Warren Hastings
'Thunder, lightning and smoke'
published by William Moore, and published by W. Dickie
hand-coloured etching, published 22 April 1783
9 3/4 in. x 14 in. (248 mm x 355 mm) plate size; 10 1/2 in. x 14 3/4 in. (267 mm x 373 mm) paper size
Bequeathed by (Frederick) Leverton Harris, 1927
Reference Collection
NPG D15004
Sittersback to top
- Edmund Burke (1729-1797), Statesman; orator; author. Sitter associated with 107 portraits. Identify
- Charles James Fox (1749-1806), Whig statesman. Sitter associated with 313 portraits. Identify
- Sir Philip Francis (1740-1818), Whig politician and pamphleteer. Sitter in 16 portraits. Identify
- Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford (1732-1792), Prime Minister. Sitter associated with 64 portraits. Identify
- Warren Hastings (1732-1818), Governor-General of India. Sitter associated with 49 portraits. Identify
Artistsback to top
- W. Dickie (active 1783-1787). Artist or producer associated with 1 portrait.
- William Moore (active 1784-1793). Artist or producer associated with 1 portrait.
Placesback to top
- Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (48 New Bond Street, London; opposite Exeter Change, Strand, London)
Events of 1783back to top
Current affairs
William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne resigns as Prime Minister over the proposed peace terms with the United States. Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford briefly forms a government with Charles James Fox in April but is succeeded by a government under William Pitt the Younger who, at the age of 24 becomes the youngest British Prime Minister ever to take office.The highwayman John Austin is the last person to be publicly executed at Tyburn.
Art and science
Physician and natural philosopher Erasmus Darwin begins publication of A System of Vegetables, a translation from Latin of the work of Swedish botanist Carolus Linnaeus in which he coins many common English names of plants.International
Defeat of Charles James Fox's India Bill in the House of Lords which aimed to assist ailing British East India Company.American War of Independence: Treaty of Paris is signed by Britain, France, Spain and the United States, under which the British government recognises US independence. Britain begins to evacuate loyalists and the last British troops leave New York City three months later.
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