William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
1 portrait of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
© National Portrait Gallery, London
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
published by Edward Evans, after Silvester (Sylvester) Harding
stipple engraving, circa 1775-1800
11 in. x 8 in. (278 mm x 203 mm) plate size; 11 1/8 in. x 8 1/4 in. (284 mm x 209 mm) paper size
Given by Sir Herbert Henry Raphael, 1st Bt, 1913
Reference Collection
NPG D20134
Sitterback to top
- William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (1520 or 1521-1598), Lord High Treasurer. Sitter associated with 45 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Edward Evans (1789-1835), Printseller. Artist or producer associated with 14 portraits.
- Silvester (Sylvester) Harding (1745-1809), Artist; publisher. Artist or producer associated with 221 portraits.
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- Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (1 Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London)
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Events of 1775back to top
Current affairs
Act of Parliament extends inventor James Watt's patent (first granted in 1769) and the first steam engines are built under it.First known building society - Ketley's Building Society - is established in Birmingham by Richard Ketley, landlord of the Golden Cross Inn.
Art and science
First performance of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's play The Rivals at the Covent Garden Theatre in London.Artist J.M.W. Turner is born.
Satirist James Gillray's first engravings and etchings are published.
Navigator Captain Cook publishes his discovery of a preventive cure against scurvy, in the form of a regular ration of lemon juice.
International
War of American Independence begins with British defeat at Lexington and Concord and lasts until 1783. British achieve a narrow and costly victory over the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill. Edmund Burke delivers a speech to the British Parliament on conciliation with the American colonies.First performance of Pierre Beaumarchais' comic opera The Barber of Seville in Paris.
Pope Pius VI succeeds Pope Clement XIV as the 251st pope.
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