Francis Drake

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Francis Drake

by Valentine Green, after and published by Nathan Drake
mezzotint, published 1 June 1771
14 1/4 in. x 9 3/8 in. (363 mm x 237 mm) plate size; 14 3/8 in. x 9 1/2 in. (365 mm x 241 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1962
Reference Collection
NPG D35388

Sitterback to top

  • Francis Drake (1696-1771), Antiquary and surgeon. Sitter in 1 portrait.

Artistsback to top

  • Nathan Drake (1726-1778), Painter. Artist or producer associated with 3 portraits.
  • Valentine Green (1739-1813), Mezzotint engraver. Artist or producer associated with 150 portraits, Sitter in 3 portraits.

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Current affairs

Artist Benjamin West exhibits his celebrated modern history painting The Death of Wolfe at the Royal Academy, commemorating the death of General James Wolfe at the 1759 Battle of Quebec during the Seven Years' War. The painting creates a sensation and George III commissions a copy.
Reporting of parliamentary debates is permitted.

Art and science

Richard Arkwright begins to develop cotton mills at Cromford in the Derwent Valley, Derbyshire; one of the earliest factory complexes.
Botanist James Robertson makes the first recorded ascent of Ben Nevis.
Encyclopedia Britannica is completed with 2,931 pages.
First recorded cricket match is played in Horsham, West Sussex.

International

First voyage of James Cook ends. HMS Endeavour anchors in the port of Deal, Kent following its three-year global circumnavigation.
Spain cedes the Falkland Islands to Britain.

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