Joseph Wilkes

1 portrait by Thomas Walker

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Joseph Wilkes

by George Clint, published by Thomas Walker
mezzotint, published 1 December 1803
14 in. x 10 1/2 in. (355 mm x 267 mm) plate size; 15 1/2 in. x 11 1/4 in. (393 mm x 286 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1963
Reference Collection
NPG D37527

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  • Joseph Wilkes (circa 1733-1805), Industrialist and entrepreneur. Sitter in 1 portrait.

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  • George Clint (1770-1854), Portrait painter and engraver. Artist or producer associated with 79 portraits, Sitter in 4 portraits.
  • Thomas Walker (active 1803), Painter and publisher. Artist or producer associated with 1 portrait.

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Current affairs

The Vice Society is formally established by John Reeves and his associates to campaign against blasphemy and immorality, particularly that perpetrated by Thomas Paine and the Edinburgh Review.

Art and science

Erasmus Darwin's Temple of Nature published posthumously. A scientific treaty in the form of an elaborate couplet poem, its content anticipated some of the evolutionary ideas developed by his grandson, Charles Darwin, fifty years later.
Construction of the Caledonian Canal begins.

International

War with France resumes, sparking new fears of a cross-channel invasion.
United Irishman, Robert Emmett's attempted uprising in Dublin. Planned to coincide with Napoleon's expected invasion, it aimed to overthrow the English administration but ended in failure. Emmett is hanged along with several other conspirators.

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