Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville
8 of 82 portraits of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville
by John Raphael Smith, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, 1 July 1783 (1782)
14 7/8 in. x 10 7/8 in. (377 mm x 277 mm) plate size; 17 1/2 in. x 13 1/8 in. (444 mm x 332 mm) paper size
Given by Mr F.W.B. Maufe and Mrs G.B. Lane, 1950
Reference Collection
NPG D38366
Sitterback to top
- Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742-1811), Statesman. Sitter associated with 82 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.
- John Raphael Smith (1752-1812), Portrait painter, engraver and pastellist. Artist or producer associated with 192 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D19829: Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (from same plate)
- NPG D38365: Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (from same plate)
Events of 1783back to top
Current affairs
William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne resigns as Prime Minister over the proposed peace terms with the United States. Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford briefly forms a government with Charles James Fox in April but is succeeded by a government under William Pitt the Younger who, at the age of 24 becomes the youngest British Prime Minister ever to take office.The highwayman John Austin is the last person to be publicly executed at Tyburn.
Art and science
Physician and natural philosopher Erasmus Darwin begins publication of A System of Vegetables, a translation from Latin of the work of Swedish botanist Carolus Linnaeus in which he coins many common English names of plants.International
Defeat of Charles James Fox's India Bill in the House of Lords which aimed to assist ailing British East India Company.American War of Independence: Treaty of Paris is signed by Britain, France, Spain and the United States, under which the British government recognises US independence. Britain begins to evacuate loyalists and the last British troops leave New York City three months later.
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