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Philip Thicknesse
5 of 6 portraits by James Ridgway
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Philip Thicknesse
by James Gillray, published by James Ridgway
etching, published 14 September 1790
5 7/8 in. x 3 3/4 in. (148 mm x 95 mm) plate size; 6 1/2 in. x 4 3/8 in. (164 mm x 111 mm) paper size
Purchased, 1947
Reference Collection
NPG D12410
Artistsback to top
- James Gillray (1756-1815), Caricaturist. Artist or producer associated with 887 portraits, Sitter in 7 portraits.
- James Ridgway (active 1784-1811). Artist or producer associated with 6 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D10953: Philip Thicknesse (from same plate)
- NPG D14393: Philip Thicknesse (from same plate)
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Attempts to modify the Test and Corporation Acts are defeated, despite campaigning by dissenters such as the prominent Unitarian preacher and pamphleteer, Richard Price. The Acts prevented those outside the established church from holding government or military office.Art and science
Joseph Mallord William Turner exhibits his first painting at the Royal Academy; a watercolour of The Archbishop's Palace, Lambeth.The Firth to Clyde and Oxford to Birmingham canals are begun.
International
Edmund Burke publishes Reflections on the Revolution in France. A landmark work of opposition to the Revolution which offered a critique of the radical philosophy behind events in France; the Reflections have been read as an articulation of the foundations of modern British conservatism. George Vancouver explores the north west coast of America.Comments back to top
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