Anne Neville, Queen of England







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Anne Neville, Queen of England
by Edward Harding Jr, published by E. & S. Harding, after Silvester (Sylvester) Harding
stipple engraving, published 29 January 1793
6 1/8 in. x 3 3/4 in. (156 mm x 96 mm) paper size
Given by the daughter of compiler William Fleming MD, Mary Elizabeth Stopford (née Fleming), 1931
Reference Collection
NPG D23754
Sitterback to top
- Anne Neville, Queen of England (1456-1485), Consort of King Richard III. Sitter in 5 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Edward Harding Jr (1770 or 1771-1791), Engraver, son of Sylvester Harding and nephew of Edward Harding. Artist or producer associated with 1 portrait.
- E. & S. Harding (active 1786-before 1798), Publishers. Artist or producer associated with 92 portraits.
- Silvester (Sylvester) Harding (1745-1809), Artist; publisher. Artist or producer associated with 218 portraits.
Events of 1793back to top
Current affairs
Whig MP Charles Grey enters a motion for parliamentary reform but is defeated in the House of Commons.Art and science
Radical philosopher William Godwin publishes Political Justice, an inflamatory document that promoted rational anarchism. This crystallised a wider feeling that a new era of world peace and progress was beginning.Sir William Beechey is appointed Portrait Painter to her Majesty, Queen Charlotte.
International
Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette are executed and the Reign of Terror begins.France declares war on Britain, Holland and then Spain. William Pitt addresses the House of Commons and Britain hesitantly joins the first coalition of anti-revolutionary European states to oppose the French threat.
Attack on Corsica in which Captain Horatio Nelson loses an eye.
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