Patrick Cotter (Patrick O'Brien); William Ranken
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Patrick Cotter (Patrick O'Brien); William Ranken
by John Kay
etching, 1803
10 3/8 in. x 7 7/8 in. (263 mm x 199 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D16959
Sittersback to top
- Patrick Cotter (Patrick O'Brien) (1760 or 1761-1806), Irish giant. Sitter in 3 portraits.
- William Ranken (died 1815), Tailor. Sitter in 2 portraits.
Artistback to top
- John Kay (1742-1826), Miniature painter and caricaturist. Artist or producer associated with 288 portraits, Sitter in 4 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D16960: Patrick Cotter (Patrick O'Brien); William Ranken (from same plate)
Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top
- Simon Schama's Face of Britain: People (14 September 2015 - 4 January 2016)
- John Kay: Portraits of curious characters (15 December 2007 - 13 July 2008)
Events of 1803back to top
Current affairs
The Vice Society is formally established by John Reeves and his associates to campaign against blasphemy and immorality, particularly that perpetrated by Thomas Paine and the Edinburgh Review.Art and science
Erasmus Darwin's Temple of Nature published posthumously. A scientific treaty in the form of an elaborate couplet poem, its content anticipated some of the evolutionary ideas developed by his grandson, Charles Darwin, fifty years later.Construction of the Caledonian Canal begins.
International
War with France resumes, sparking new fears of a cross-channel invasion.United Irishman, Robert Emmett's attempted uprising in Dublin. Planned to coincide with Napoleon's expected invasion, it aimed to overthrow the English administration but ended in failure. Emmett is hanged along with several other conspirators.
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