James Northcote

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James Northcote

by Henry Kingsbury, after Prince Hoare
hand-coloured mezzotint, circa 1775-1798
11 in. x 8 5/8 in. (279 mm x 219 mm) plate size; 12 1/4 in. x 10 in. (310 mm x 254 mm) paper size
Given by Sir Herbert Henry Raphael, 1st Bt, 1913
Reference Collection
NPG D18923

Sitterback to top

  • James Northcote (1746-1831), Painter; pupil and biographer of Sir Joshua Reynolds. Sitter associated with 23 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 104 portraits.

Artistsback to top

  • Prince Hoare (1755-1834), Painter and dramatist; son of William Hoare. Artist or producer associated with 9 portraits, Sitter in 8 portraits.
  • Henry Kingsbury (active 1775-1798), Painter and engraver. Artist or producer associated with 14 portraits.

Events of 1775back to top

Current affairs

Act of Parliament extends inventor James Watt's patent (first granted in 1769) and the first steam engines are built under it.
First known building society - Ketley's Building Society - is established in Birmingham by Richard Ketley, landlord of the Golden Cross Inn.

Art and science

First performance of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's play The Rivals at the Covent Garden Theatre in London.
Artist J.M.W. Turner is born.
Satirist James Gillray's first engravings and etchings are published.
Navigator Captain Cook publishes his discovery of a preventive cure against scurvy, in the form of a regular ration of lemon juice.

International

War of American Independence begins with British defeat at Lexington and Concord and lasts until 1783. British achieve a narrow and costly victory over the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill. Edmund Burke delivers a speech to the British Parliament on conciliation with the American colonies.
First performance of Pierre Beaumarchais' comic opera The Barber of Seville in Paris.
Pope Pius VI succeeds Pope Clement XIV as the 251st pope.

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