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Stephen Whisson

1 of 2 portraits by Joseph Freeman

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Stephen Whisson

by Thomas Trotter, published by Joseph Freeman, after Frans van der Mijn (or Myn)
engraving, published 25 September 1784
13 1/2 in. x 9 5/8 in. (343 mm x 243 mm) plate size; 17 1/8 in. x 12 1/2 in. (435 mm x 316 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D37557

Sitterback to top

  • Stephen Whisson (1710-1783), Tutor and Senior Fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge. Sitter in 2 portraits.

Artistsback to top

  • Joseph Freeman (active 1775-died 1799), Publisher. Artist or producer associated with 2 portraits.
  • Thomas Trotter (circa 1750-1803), Painter. Artist or producer associated with 71 portraits.
  • Frans van der Mijn (or Myn) (1719-1783), Artist. Artist or producer associated with 11 portraits.

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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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