Mary Ann Yates as Medea in Glover's 'Medea'

1 portrait by John Goldar

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Mary Ann Yates as Medea in Glover's 'Medea'

by John Goldar, published by Thomas Lowndes, after Daniel Dodd
line engraving, published 1777
10 in. x 7 in. (255 mm x 177 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D8936

Sitterback to top

  • Mary Ann Yates (1728-1787), Actress. Sitter associated with 53 portraits.

Artistsback to top

  • Daniel Dodd (active 1761-died 1780), Painter. Artist or producer associated with 16 portraits.
  • John Goldar (1729-1795), Engraver and printseller. Artist or producer associated with 45 portraits.
  • Thomas Lowndes (1719-1784), Publisher. Artist or producer associated with 4 portraits.

Related worksback to top

  • NPG D8934: Mary Ann Yates as Medea in Glover's 'Medea' (from same plate)
  • NPG D8935: Mary Ann Yates as Medea in Glover's 'Medea' (from same plate)
  • NPG D8937: Mary Ann Yates as Medea in Glover's 'Medea' (from same plate)

Events of 1777back to top

Current affairs

Trent and Mersey Canal is completed under the supervision of engineer James Brindley.
Philanthropist and reformer John Howard publishes his study The State of the Prisons in England and Wales.

Art and science

Artist James Barry begins his monumental series of paintings The Progress of Human Culture for the Great Room of the Society of Arts in London. He completes it in 1783.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan's second play, The School for Scandal, is an immediate success in London's Drury Lane Theatre.
Entrepreneur William Bass establishes the Bass Brewery at Burton upon Trent.

International

American War of Independence: George Washington, heavily defeated at the Battle of Brandywine, is forced to relinquish Philadelphia to the British under General William Howe. At the two Battles of Saratoga only weeks later General John Burgoyne is forced to surrender to the Americans, marking a turning point in the war. The Continental Congress agrees the final version of the Articles of Confederation, defining the terms on which states join the Union.

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