George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney
1 portrait by Mather Brown
© National Portrait Gallery, London
George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney
by Henry Hudson, published by Hannah Humphrey, after Mather Brown
mezzotint, published 10 November 1790
15 in. x 11 in. (380 mm x 278 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D13744
Sitterback to top
- George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney (1737-1806), Diplomat and colonial governor. Sitter in 9 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Mather Brown (1761-1831), Portrait and history painter. Artist or producer associated with 29 portraits.
- Henry Hudson (1763-1795), Mezzotint engraver. Artist or producer associated with 10 portraits.
- Hannah Humphrey (circa 1745-1818), Publisher and printseller. Artist or producer associated with 720 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Ingamells, John, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, 2004, p. 321
Events of 1790back to top
Current affairs
Attempts to modify the Test and Corporation Acts are defeated, despite campaigning by dissenters such as the prominent Unitarian preacher and pamphleteer, Richard Price. The Acts prevented those outside the established church from holding government or military office.Art and science
Joseph Mallord William Turner exhibits his first painting at the Royal Academy; a watercolour of The Archbishop's Palace, Lambeth.The Firth to Clyde and Oxford to Birmingham canals are begun.
International
Edmund Burke publishes Reflections on the Revolution in France. A landmark work of opposition to the Revolution which offered a critique of the radical philosophy behind events in France; the Reflections have been read as an articulation of the foundations of modern British conservatism. George Vancouver explores the north west coast of America.Comments back to top
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