Henry Benedict Maria Clement Stuart, Cardinal York
1 portrait of Anton Raphael Mengs
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© National Portrait Gallery, London
Henry Benedict Maria Clement Stuart, Cardinal York
circle of Anton Raphael Mengs
oil on canvas, circa 1750
29 in. x 24 1/4 in. (737 mm x 616 mm)
Purchased, 1861
Primary Collection
NPG 129
Sitterback to top
- Henry Benedict Maria Clement Stuart, Cardinal York (1725-1807), Son of Prince James Francis Edward Stuart. Sitter in 10 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Anton Raphael Mengs (1728-1779), Artist. Artist or producer associated with 10 portraits.
This portraitback to top
Henry Benedict was born in exile in Rome. He became a Cardinal in 1747 and is here presented in his cardinal's robes. More detailed information on this portrait is available in a National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue, John Kerslake's Early Georgian Portraits (1977, out of print).
Linked publicationsback to top
- Kerslake, John, Early Georgian Portraits, 1977, p. 324
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 694
Events of 1750back to top
Current affairs
Notorious highwayman James MacLaine is apprehended and hanged at Tyburn, having passed in society as a wealthy gentleman for two years.Scottish landlords start evicting tenants in the Highland Clearances.
Westminster Bridge is opened, the only fixed crossing of the River Thames between London Bridge and Putney.
Iron Act is passed restricting the manufacture of iron products in the American colonies.
Art and science
Electrician and experimental philosopher John Canton reads a paper before the Royal Society on a method of making artificial magnets.Writer Samuel Johnson begins publishing his periodical The Rambler.
Artist Joshua Reynolds travels to Italy, where he remains until 1752.
Establishment of the Jockey Club; a gentleman's club which took over the regulation of British horse racing.
International
Composer Johann Sebastian Bach dies in Leipzig. He completes his Mass in B Minor, worked on over many years, shortly before his death.Comments back to top
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