Edward Boscawen
5 of 1300 portraits by Sir Joshua Reynolds
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Edward Boscawen
after Sir Joshua Reynolds
oil on canvas, based on a work of circa 1755
29 1/2 in. x 24 1/2 in. (749 mm x 622 mm)
Given by Evelyn Boscawen, 6th Viscount Falmouth, 1858
Primary Collection
NPG 44
On display at Hatchlands Park, Guildford
Artistback to top
- Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), Painter and first President of the Royal Academy. Artist associated with 1413 portraits, Sitter associated with 38 portraits.
This portraitback to top
A copy of Reynolds' original portrait, depicting this distinguished admiral in the undress uniform of a flag officer. More detailed information on this portrait is available in a National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue, John Kerslake's Early Georgian Portraits (1977, out of print).
Linked publicationsback to top
- Kerslake, John, Early Georgian Portraits, 1977, p. 22
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 208
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 67
Events of 1755back to top
Current affairs
George Grenville resigns as Treasurer of the Navy and Henry Bilson Legge as Chancellor of the Exchequer in protest over payments made to Russia to protect Hanover. William Pitt the Elder is dismissed from the position of Paymaster of the Forces.Art and science
Samuel Johnson publishes his monumental Dictionary; the first authoritative dictionary of the English language.Methodist preacher John Wesley publishes Notes on a New Testament.
International
An earthquake nearly completely destroys Lisbon, Portugal. The event is widely discussed by European Enlightenment thinkers, inspiring Voltaire's Candide. Its intensive study leads to the birth of modern seismology and earthquake engineering.Edward Braddock fights French and Indian troops in the Ohio valley. His army are ambushed at Fort Duquesne and he is killed; one of several encounters prior to the declaration of the Seven Years War.
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On display at Hatchlands Park, Guildford