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William Richardson; Andrew Bell; Mr Knipe; Lord Monboddo; Charles Byrne; Mr Knipe; Baillie Kyd

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William Richardson; Andrew Bell; Mr Knipe; Lord Monboddo; Charles Byrne; Mr Knipe; Baillie Kyd

by John Kay
etching and aquatint, 1784
7 3/8 in. x 6 1/2 in. (187 mm x 165 mm) plate size; 10 3/8 in. x 7 7/8 in. (262 mm x 200 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D31906

Artistback to top

  • John Kay (1742-1826), Miniature painter and caricaturist. Artist or producer associated with 288 portraits, Sitter in 4 portraits.

Sittersback to top

  • Andrew Bell (1725 or 1726-1809), Engraver and publisher. Sitter associated with 3 portraits.
  • Charles Byrne (1761-1783), Irish giant. Sitter in 4 portraits.
  • Mr Knipe (1760 or 1761-after 1784), One of two Irish giant twins. Sitter associated with 2 portraits.
  • Mr Knipe (1760 or 1761-after 1784), One of two Irish giant twins. Sitter associated with 2 portraits.
  • Baillie Kyd (active 1784). Sitter in 2 portraits.
  • James Burnett, Lord Monboddo (1714-1799), Judge and philosopher. Sitter in 10 portraits.
  • William Richardson (active 1784). Sitter in 2 portraits.

Related worksback to top

  • NPG D14755: William Richardson; Andrew Bell; Mr Knipe; Lord Monboddo; Charles Byrne; Mr Knipe; Baillie Kyd (from same plate)

Events of 1784back to top

Current affairs

Theatre proprietor and postal reformer John Palmer runs the first mail coach in England, between Bristol and London. A three day journey is now completed in 16 hours.
Commutation Act reduces punitive duties on tea to combat smuggling.

Art and science

Aeronaut James Sadler makes the first hot air balloon flight in Britain, from Oxford to Woodeaton.
Chemist Henry Cavendish's paper Experiments on Air reveals the composition of water.
Writer Samuel Johnson dies.
Joshua Reynolds succeeds Allan Ramsay as Painter to the King.

International

Thomas Jefferson's Land Ordinance passed by the United States' Continental Congress, coming into effect the following year. It allows for the sale of land in the largely unmapped west of the country.
Britain receives its first bales of cotton from the United States since before the War of American Independence.
William Pitt's India Act creates a Board of Control to oversee the affairs of the British East India Company and centralise power.

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