John Cennick

1 portrait by Philip Dawe

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John Cennick

by Philip Dawe, after A.L. Brandt
mezzotint, published 1785
13 7/8 in. x 9 7/8 in. (351 mm x 250 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D1261

Sitterback to top

  • John Cennick (1718-1755), Lay preacher and Moravian minister. Sitter in 5 portraits.

Artistsback to top

  • A.L. Brandt. Artist or producer associated with 3 portraits.
  • Philip Dawe (1745?-1809?), Painter and mezzotint engraver. Artist or producer associated with 11 portraits.

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Current affairs

George Prince of Wales secretly marries his mistress Maria Fitzherbert in contravention of the Royal Marriages Act of 1772.
Prime Minister William Pitt introduces a bill proposing parliamentary reform and the abolition of 'rotten boroughs' but is defeated.

Art and science

William Cowper publishes his best -known poem The Task.
James Boswell publishes The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, narrating his travels with the late writer Samuel Johnson.
Physician and naturalist James Hutton presents his studies of local rocks to the Royal Society of Edinburgh, launching the era of scientific geology.

International

Warren Hastings resigns as Governor-General of Bengal and returns to England. His trial begins on charges of corruption in the administration of India.
French sculptor Jean Antoine Houdon crosses the Atlantic to sculpt a statue of George Washington.
British government establishes a permanent land force in the Eastern Caribbean, based in Barbados.

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