Henry Benedict Maria Clement Stuart, Cardinal York
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© National Portrait Gallery, London
Henry Benedict Maria Clement Stuart, Cardinal York
by Hugh Douglas Hamilton
pastel, circa 1786
9 5/8 in. x 8 1/2 in. (244 mm x 216 mm)
Purchased, 1873
Primary Collection
NPG 378
Sitterback to top
- Henry Benedict Maria Clement Stuart, Cardinal York (1725-1807), Son of Prince James Francis Edward Stuart. Sitter in 10 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Hugh Douglas Hamilton (1739-1808), Artist. Artist or producer associated with 40 portraits.
This portraitback to top
The sitter is pictured here shortly before his brother's death in 1788. 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
- Cullen, Fintan, The Irish Face: Redefining the Irish Portrait, 2004, p. 89
- Kerslake, John, Early Georgian Portraits, 1977, p. 325
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 683
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Events of 1786back to top
Current affairs
Philosopher and politician Edmund Burke instigates impeachment proceedings against Warren Hastings, former Governor-General of Bengal after concerns about the moral standards of the British in India are raised.Prime Minister William Pitt appoints commissioners for the reduction of the national debt and establishes a sinking fund of £1 million a year.
Government approves the establishment of a penal colony at Botany Bay.
Art and science
Robert Burns publishes Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect bringing him immediate success across the country.Engraver and publisher John Boydell initiates plans for his Shakespeare Gallery in an effort to establish a school of British history painting.
Merchant David Dale establishes New Lanark in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, as a model cotton milling community.
International
General Charles Cornwallis succeeds Warren Hastings as Governor-General in India.Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Marriage of Figaro premieres in Vienna.
Francisco Goya is appointed court painter to the Spanish king Charles III.
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