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John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough

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John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough

by A. Smith, published by Thomas Cadell the Elder, published by Richard Baldwin, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
line engraving, published 1 June 1790 (1705)
8 3/8 in. x 5 in. (214 mm x 128 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D16655

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Artistsback to top

  • Richard Baldwin (active 1750-1752), Publisher. Artist or producer associated with 5 portraits.
  • Thomas Cadell the Elder (1742-1802), Publisher and bookseller. Artist or producer associated with 20 portraits, Sitter in 3 portraits.
  • Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt (1646-1723), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 1689 portraits, Sitter associated with 30 portraits.
  • A. Smith. Artist or producer associated with 4 portraits.

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  • NPG D16654: John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (from same plate)

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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.

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