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Jenny Bennet; Nelly Bennet

11 of 13 portraits by Giuseppe Filippo Liberati ('Joseph') Marchi

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Jenny Bennet; Nelly Bennet

by Giuseppe Filippo Liberati ('Joseph') Marchi, after James Nixon
mezzotint, published 1773
13 1/2 in. x 10 in. (345 mm x 255 mm)
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D699

Sittersback to top

  • Jenny Bennet (active 1770s), Daughter of the printseller J. Bennet(t). Sitter in 2 portraits.
  • Nelly Bennet (active 1770s), Daughter of the printseller J. Bennet(t). Sitter in 2 portraits.

Artistsback to top

  • Giuseppe Filippo Liberati ('Joseph') Marchi (1735?-1808), Painter, engraver and chief studio assistant to Sir Joshua Reynolds. Artist or producer associated with 13 portraits, Sitter in 4 portraits.
  • James Nixon (circa 1741-1812), Miniature painter. Artist or producer associated with 6 portraits.

Related worksback to top

  • NPG D31670: Jenny Bennet; Nelly Bennet (from same plate)

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Events of 1773back to top

Current affairs

Tea Act grants the struggling East India Company a monopoly on the North American tea trade.
Brokers who meet to do business in Jonathan's coffee house in Threadneedle Street, London decide to call themselves the Stock Exchange.
General Turnpike Act regulates the system of road tolls.

Art and science

Samuel Johnson and James Boswell undertake a journey together to the western islands of Scotland.
Oliver Goldsmith's play She Stoops to Conquer debuts in London's Covent Garden Theatre.

International

Captain James Cook becomes the first European explorer to cross the Antarctic Circle.
Boston Tea Party demonstrates opposition in the colonies to the import duty on tea. Some fifty colonists, disguised as Indians, tip a valuable cargo of tea into Boston harbour as a protest against the British tax.
Responding to pressure from the Catholic monarchs of Europe, Clement XIV abolishes the Jesuit Order.

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