probably James Carrington
1 portrait by James Nixon
© National Portrait Gallery, London
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probably James Carrington
probably by James Watson, probably after James Nixon
mezzotint, (circa 1784)
10 1/8 in. x 7 7/8 in. (257 mm x 200 mm) plate size; 13 3/4 in. x 11 1/8 in. (348 mm x 284 mm) paper size
Reference Collection
NPG D9296
Sitterback to top
- James Carrington (died 1794), Chancellor of the Diocese of Exeter. Sitter associated with 1 portrait.
Artistsback to top
- James Nixon (circa 1741-1812), Miniature painter. Artist or producer associated with 6 portraits.
- James Watson (circa 1740-1790), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 193 portraits.
Events of 1784back to top
Current affairs
Theatre proprietor and postal reformer John Palmer runs the first mail coach in England, between Bristol and London. A three day journey is now completed in 16 hours.Commutation Act reduces punitive duties on tea to combat smuggling.
Art and science
Aeronaut James Sadler makes the first hot air balloon flight in Britain, from Oxford to Woodeaton.Chemist Henry Cavendish's paper Experiments on Air reveals the composition of water.
Writer Samuel Johnson dies.
Joshua Reynolds succeeds Allan Ramsay as Painter to the King.
International
Thomas Jefferson's Land Ordinance passed by the United States' Continental Congress, coming into effect the following year. It allows for the sale of land in the largely unmapped west of the country.Britain receives its first bales of cotton from the United States since before the War of American Independence.
William Pitt's India Act creates a Board of Control to oversee the affairs of the British East India Company and centralise power.
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S.W. Massil
11 July 2015, 09:44
William Carrington - of Exeter? - If so, he was father-in-law to James Nixon, A.R.A. (1741-1812). The miniature from which it was derived was exhibited at the RA in 1783 [check Graves]; this and a miniature of Mrs Carrington mentioned in the will of Mrs Nixon in 1823
Stephen W. Massil
28 June 2016, 23:07
If this is a portrait of the Rev. Chancellor James Carrington (1718/9-1794) of Exeter Cathedral, then the original (miniature) was indeed done by James Nixon. ca. 1783 when he did also Mrs Carrington, née Welch - these being the parents of Frances Carrington (1752-1823) who married Nixon in 1777. Nixon's dates are July 1741-1812, dying at Tiverton - close that is to Exeter, etc