George Colman the Elder
25 of 1425 portraits by Sir Joshua Reynolds
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© National Portrait Gallery, London
George Colman the Elder
after Sir Joshua Reynolds
oil on canvas
29 in. x 24 1/2 in. (737 mm x 622 mm)
Purchased, 1904
Primary Collection
NPG 1364
Sitterback to top
- George Colman the Elder (1732-1794), Playwright. Sitter associated with 10 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), Painter and first President of the Royal Academy. Artist or producer associated with 1425 portraits, Sitter associated with 40 portraits.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Ingamells, John, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, 2004, p. 111
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 137
Events of 1768back to top
Current affairs
William Pitt the Elder retires as Prime Minister due to ill health and is succeeded by Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton.Radical outlaw John Wilkes returns to England from France and is elected as MP for Middlesex. He finally surrenders to the King's Bench and is imprisoned.
Art and science
The Royal Academy is founded with painter Joshua Reynolds as its first president.Encyclopaedia Britannica begins publication in Edinburgh. It appears in weekly instalments under the editorship of William Smellie.
Philip Astley stages the first modern circus in what is now Waterloo.
Laurence Sterne publishes A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy.
International
Captain James Cook leads his first expedition to the Pacific from Plymouth, heading for Tahiti to observe the transit of Venus.Boston citizens refuse to quarter British troops amidst growing unrest in the American colonies
Corsica is sold to France by the Republic of Genoa.
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