Samuel Bosanquet
1 portrait by Colnaghi & Co
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Samuel Bosanquet
by Charles Turner, published by Colnaghi & Co, after George Romney
mezzotint, published 1806
20 in. x 13 7/8 in. (508 mm x 353 mm) plate size; 23 1/2 in. x 17 5/8 in. (597 mm x 447 mm) paper size
Purchased, 1910
Reference Collection
NPG D31997
Sitterback to top
- Samuel Bosanquet (1744-1806), Governor of the Bank of England. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Artistsback to top
- Colnaghi & Co (active 1809-1835), Publishers. Artist or producer associated with 101 portraits.
- George Romney (1734-1802), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 166 portraits, Sitter in 5 portraits.
- Charles Turner (1773-1857), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 632 portraits, Sitter in 2 portraits.
Events of 1806back to top
Current affairs
William Pitt dies in January and his lifelong opponent Charles James Fox dies in September. Pitt is succeeded by William Wyndham, Baron Grenville, who forms the 'Ministry of all the Talents' coalition .Prince of Wales instigates the 'Delicate Investigation'; a Parliamentary enquiry into claims that his wife Caroline had an illegitimate child.
Art and science
John Constable embarks on a formative tour of the Lakes and makes landscape studies of the Langdale Pikes and Helvellyn.Turner exhibits his Thames views to acclaim at his own London gallery.
Humphrey Davy discovers the elements potassium and sodium by passing an electrical current through molten compounds.
International
Soprano Angelica Catalani arrives from Italy to make her London debut, amazing audiences with her showpiece arias.Napoleon turns his forces east against Austria, Russia and Prussia and enjoys a wave of French victories.
British attack on Buenos Aires under General William Beresford fails.
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