Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham
11 of 14 portraits of Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham
by and published by William Dickinson, published by William Austin, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 20 March 1785
20 in. x 13 7/8 in. (507 mm x 354 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1964
Reference Collection
NPG D39826
Sitterback to top
- Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (1730-1782), Prime Minister. Sitter associated with 14 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- William Austin (1721-1820), Drawing master and engraver. Artist or producer associated with 14 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
- William Dickinson (1746-1823), Engraver and printseller. Artist or producer associated with 85 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), Painter and first President of the Royal Academy. Artist or producer associated with 1425 portraits, Sitter associated with 40 portraits.
Placesback to top
- Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (158 Bond Street, London; 40 St James's Street, London)
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Events of 1785back to top
Current affairs
George Prince of Wales secretly marries his mistress Maria Fitzherbert in contravention of the Royal Marriages Act of 1772.Prime Minister William Pitt introduces a bill proposing parliamentary reform and the abolition of 'rotten boroughs' but is defeated.
Art and science
William Cowper publishes his best -known poem The Task.James Boswell publishes The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, narrating his travels with the late writer Samuel Johnson.
Physician and naturalist James Hutton presents his studies of local rocks to the Royal Society of Edinburgh, launching the era of scientific geology.
International
Warren Hastings resigns as Governor-General of Bengal and returns to England. His trial begins on charges of corruption in the administration of India.French sculptor Jean Antoine Houdon crosses the Atlantic to sculpt a statue of George Washington.
British government establishes a permanent land force in the Eastern Caribbean, based in Barbados.
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