Elizabeth Lamb (née Milbanke), Viscountess Melbourne with Peniston Lamb as a child
1 portrait by Walter Shropshire
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Elizabeth Lamb (née Milbanke), Viscountess Melbourne with Peniston Lamb as a child
by and published by Thomas Watson, published by Walter Shropshire, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 10 February 1775 (1770-1771)
24 1/2 in. x 15 in. (622 mm x 380 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1958
Reference Collection
NPG D38359
Sittersback to top
- Peniston Lamb (1770-1805), Son of 1st Viscount Melbourne. Sitter in 3 portraits.
- Elizabeth Lamb (née Milbanke), Viscountess Melbourne (baptised 1751-1818), Political hostess and agricultural improver. Sitter in 6 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), Painter and first President of the Royal Academy. Artist or producer associated with 1425 portraits, Sitter associated with 40 portraits.
- Walter Shropshire (died 1785), Publisher. Artist or producer associated with 18 portraits.
- Thomas Watson (1750-1781), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 58 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D38358: Elizabeth Lamb (née Milbanke), Viscountess Melbourne with Peniston Lamb as a child (based on same portrait)
- NPG D15783: 'Maternal Love' (Elizabeth Lamb (née Milbanke), Viscountess Melbourne with Peniston Lamb as a child) (based on same portrait)
Placesback to top
- Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (142 New Bond Street; 158 New Bond Street, London)
Events of 1775back to top
Current affairs
Act of Parliament extends inventor James Watt's patent (first granted in 1769) and the first steam engines are built under it.First known building society - Ketley's Building Society - is established in Birmingham by Richard Ketley, landlord of the Golden Cross Inn.
Art and science
First performance of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's play The Rivals at the Covent Garden Theatre in London.Artist J.M.W. Turner is born.
Satirist James Gillray's first engravings and etchings are published.
Navigator Captain Cook publishes his discovery of a preventive cure against scurvy, in the form of a regular ration of lemon juice.
International
War of American Independence begins with British defeat at Lexington and Concord and lasts until 1783. British achieve a narrow and costly victory over the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill. Edmund Burke delivers a speech to the British Parliament on conciliation with the American colonies.First performance of Pierre Beaumarchais' comic opera The Barber of Seville in Paris.
Pope Pius VI succeeds Pope Clement XIV as the 251st pope.
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