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Sir Rowland Wandesford

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Sir Rowland Wandesford

by James Watson, published by John Boydell, after George Farington, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
mezzotint, published 1 December 1788
16 1/2 in. x 12 in. (418 mm x 306 mm) plate size; 20 1/4 in. x 14 5/8 in. (513 mm x 370 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1965
Reference Collection
NPG D38528

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  • John Boydell (1720-1804), Engraver and printseller. Artist or producer associated with 132 portraits, Sitter in 13 portraits.
  • George Farington (1752-1788). Artist or producer associated with 4 portraits.
  • Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641), Painter. Artist or producer associated with 1023 portraits, Sitter associated with 30 portraits.
  • James Watson (circa 1740-1790), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 193 portraits.

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Current affairs

Parliament begins an investigation into the slave trade, led by reformers Thomas Clarkson and William Wilberforce.
Regency Crisis; George III's madness is announced provoking a political storm.
Former Governor-General of Bengal Warren Hastings' trial begins before the House of Lords.
Henry Benedict Stuart becomes the new Stuart claimant to the British throne.

Art and science

Artist Thomas Gainsborough dies.
First edition of The Times newspaper is published in London.
Scottish engineer and inventor William Symington demonstrates the first paddle steamer on Dalswinton Loch near Dumfries.
Robert Burns writes his version of the Scots poem Auld Lang Syne.

International

Ministers of the French King, Louis XVI, reluctantly announce that the Estates General will meet the following year, for the first time since 1614.
United States constitution comes into force when New Hampshire becomes the ninth state to ratify it.
First Fleet reaches Australia, anchoring in Botany Bay. Arthur Phillip, selecting a suitable site for the first Australian penal colony, names the place Sydney Cove.

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