David Teniers Jr

after David Teniers Jr
line engraving, late 18th century
4 3/4 in. x 3 1/2 in. (122 mm x 90 mm) paper size
Given by the daughter of compiler William Fleming MD, Mary Elizabeth Stopford (née Fleming), 1931
Reference Collection
NPG D28311

Sitterback to top

David Teniers Jr (1610-1690), Artist. Sitter in 3 portraits, Artist associated with 7 portraits.

Artistback to top

David Teniers Jr (1610-1690), Artist. Artist associated with 7 portraits, Sitter in 3 portraits.

Portrait setback to top

Fleming Collection: Fleming's Granger (volume 3)

Subject/Themeback to top

Line engraving

Events of 1770back to top

Current affairs

Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton resigns as Prime Minister and is succeeded by Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford.

Art and science

Oliver Goldsmith publishes his poem The Deserted Village.
Philosopher and politician Edmund Burke publishes Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents discussing the limits of the King's authority.
17-year-old Thomas Chatterton, later hailed as a significant poet, commits suicide in a London garret.
Thomas Gainsborough paints his portrait of Jonathan Buttall, which later becomes known as The Blue Boy.

International

'Townshend duties' on imports into the colonies are repealed, except for the duty on tea. However, this concession is soon followed by the Boston Massacre, in which British troops fire into an unruly crowd in Boston, killing five.
Captain Cook reaches the eastern coast of Australia, at a place which he names Botany Bay. He discovers the Great Barrier Reef when HMS Endeavour runs onto it. Cook claims New South Wales for the British.

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