James Hervey

1 portrait by John Dixon

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James Hervey

by John Dixon, published by John Bowles, after John Michael Williams
mezzotint, circa 1767-1775
13 3/4 in. x 9 7/8 in. (348 mm x 251 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D35738

Sitterback to top

  • James Hervey (1714-1758), Devotional writer. Sitter in 11 portraits.

Artistsback to top

  • John Bowles (1701?-1779), Printseller and publisher. Artist or producer associated with 118 portraits.
  • John Dixon (circa 1740-1811), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 47 portraits.
  • John Michael Williams (1710-circa 1780), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 22 portraits.

Related worksback to top

  • NPG D3018: James Hervey (based on same portrait)
  • NPG D3016: James Hervey (based on same portrait)
  • NPG D3022: James Hervey (based on same portrait)
  • NPG D3017: James Hervey (based on same portrait)
  • NPG D35739: James Hervey (based on same portrait)
  • NPG D3019: James Hervey (based on same portrait)
  • NPG D3020: James Hervey (based on same portrait)
  • NPG D3021: James Hervey (based on same portrait)
  • NPG D35740: James Hervey (based on same portrait)

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Events of 1767back to top

Current affairs

Birth of Prince Edward, fourth son of George III and father of Queen Victoria.
Chancellor, Charles Townshend, passes a series of acts - the 'Townshend Duties' - taxing all glass, lead, paint, paper and tea imported into the American colonies.
Work begins on Edinburgh's New Town, to the design of the 23-year-old architect James Craig.

Art and science

Josiah Spode establishes the Spode pottery manufactory at Stoke-on-Trent.
Philosopher and chemist Joseph Priestley publishes The History and Present State of Electricity.
First annual Nautical Almanac is produced by Astronomer Royal Nevil Maskelyne, allowing mariners to find their longitude while at sea, using tables of lunar distances.

International

'Townshend Duties' cause uproar in America.
First Anglo-Mysore War breaks out between between the Sultanate of Mysore Hyder Ali and the East India Company.
Jesuits are expelled from Spain.
Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon complete a four-year survey to establish the boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland; the Mason-Dixon line.


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