Thomas Worlidge
5 of 5 portraits of Thomas Worlidge
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Thomas Worlidge
by Thomas Worlidge
etching and drypoint, 1754
7 3/8 in. x 5 5/8 in. (186 mm x 143 mm) paper size
Given by Henry Witte Martin, 1861
Reference Collection
NPG D4691
Sitterback to top
- Thomas Worlidge (1700-1766), Painter and etcher. Sitter associated with 5 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 51 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Thomas Worlidge (1700-1766), Painter and etcher. Artist or producer associated with 51 portraits, Sitter associated with 5 portraits.
Events of 1754back to top
Current affairs
Death of the Prime Minister Henry Pelham. He is succeeded by his brother Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle.General election increases the Whig party's majority
Art and science
Scottish chemist Joseph Black identifies carbon dioxide.Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufacture and Commerce (Society of Arts) is established in London.
Designer and cabinet-maker Thomas Chippendale publishes his first catalogue of furniture.
Philosopher David Hume's expansive and best-selling six-volume History of Great Britain begins publication.
International
Albany Congress: the British colonies negotiate with the native-American Iroquois in the face of the French threat in the Ohio valley. Benjamin Franklin proposes that the colonies should unite to form a colonial government. The pro-union woodcut he publishes of a snake cut into eight pieces, entitled 'Join or Die', becomes America's first political cartoon.George Washington kills ten French troops at Fort Duquesne.
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