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Richard ('Beau') Nash

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Richard ('Beau') Nash

after William Hoare
oil on canvas, probably 18th century, based on a work of circa 1761
30 in. x 24 3/4 in. (762 mm x 629 mm)
Given by Alfred Jones, 1909
Primary Collection
NPG 1537

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  • William Hoare (1707-1792), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 74 portraits, Sitter in 6 portraits.

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A coarse copy of the half length portrait presented to the city of Bath in 1761, which was placed in the Pump Room between busts of Isaac Newton and Alexander Pope. 'Nature', wrote Oliver Goldsmith, 'had by no means favoured Mr. Nash for a beau garcon; his person was clumsy, too large and awkward, and his features harsh, strong and peculiarly irregular; yet, even with these disadvantages he . . . became a universal admirer, and was universally admired.' 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).

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Current affairs

George, Prince of Wales marries Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz at St James' Palace. He is crowned George III two weeks later.
Buckingham House, on the site of present-day Buckingham Palace, is purchased for the royal family.
Bridgewater canal, engineered by James Brindley, opens as Britain's first canal.




Art and science

Establishment of Matthew Boulton's toy factory, the Soho Manufactory, near Birmingham; considered the first modern factory in Britain.
Allan Ramsay becomes Painter to the King.

International

Seven Years' War: General Sir Eyre Coote captures Pondicherry from the French in India. A combined Prussian-Hanoverian-British force led by Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick defeats a large French army at the Battle of Villinghausen. France and Spain sign the Pacte de Famille forming an alliance against Britain. Prime Minister William Pitt the Elder fails to garner support to declare war on Spain.

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