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Unknown woman engraved as Jane Shore

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Unknown woman engraved as Jane Shore

by Francesco Bartolozzi, published by Edward Harding, after Silvester (Sylvester) Harding
stipple engraving, published 1 May 1790
7 1/2 in. x 5 3/8 in. (191 mm x 135 mm) plate size; 8 1/4 in. x 5 1/2 in. (210 mm x 139 mm) paper size
Given by the daughter of compiler William Fleming MD, Mary Elizabeth Stopford (née Fleming), 1931
Reference Collection
NPG D24103

Sitterback to top

  • Jane Shore (circa 1445-1527), Mistress of Edward IV. Sitter associated with 7 portraits.

Artistsback to top

  • Francesco Bartolozzi (1727-1815), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 165 portraits, Sitter in 16 portraits.
  • Edward Harding (1755-1840), Engraver, publisher and librarian to Queen Charlotte. Artist or producer associated with 189 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
  • Silvester (Sylvester) Harding (1745-1809), Artist; publisher. Artist or producer associated with 221 portraits.

Related worksback to top

  • NPG 6804: Lady Jane Grey (based on same portrait)

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Current affairs

Attempts to modify the Test and Corporation Acts are defeated, despite campaigning by dissenters such as the prominent Unitarian preacher and pamphleteer, Richard Price. The Acts prevented those outside the established church from holding government or military office.

Art and science

Joseph Mallord William Turner exhibits his first painting at the Royal Academy; a watercolour of The Archbishop's Palace, Lambeth.
The Firth to Clyde and Oxford to Birmingham canals are begun.

International

Edmund Burke publishes Reflections on the Revolution in France. A landmark work of opposition to the Revolution which offered a critique of the radical philosophy behind events in France; the Reflections have been read as an articulation of the foundations of modern British conservatism. George Vancouver explores the north west coast of America.

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Roland Hui

02 September 2016, 23:54

This engraving mistakenly called 'Jane Shore', was based on the NPG panel of Lady Jane Grey NPG 6804, and variants of it:

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https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/27/4d/b4/274db41290756e6c78daad7b6b6ea6bd.jpg

Embellishments such as the hanging necklace were probably added by the engraver.