Francis Drake

1 portrait by John Young

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Francis Drake

by John Young, published by Colnaghi & Co, after Sir William Beechey
mezzotint, circa 1790-1805
20 1/8 in. x 14 in. (510 mm x 355 mm) plate size; 20 1/4 in. x 14 1/4 in. (515 mm x 363 mm) paper size
Given by Ernest E. Leggatt, before 1922-01-01
Reference Collection
NPG D35389

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  • Francis Drake (1764-1821), British Minister at the Court of Munich. Sitter in 1 portrait.

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  • Sir William Beechey (1753-1839), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 252 portraits, Sitter in 7 portraits.
  • Colnaghi & Co (active 1809-1835), Publishers. Artist or producer associated with 101 portraits.
  • John Young (1755-1825), Mezzotint engraver. Artist or producer associated with 57 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.

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Current affairs

Attempts to modify the Test and Corporation Acts are defeated, despite campaigning by dissenters such as the prominent Unitarian preacher and pamphleteer, Richard Price. The Acts prevented those outside the established church from holding government or military office.

Art and science

Joseph Mallord William Turner exhibits his first painting at the Royal Academy; a watercolour of The Archbishop's Palace, Lambeth.
The Firth to Clyde and Oxford to Birmingham canals are begun.

International

Edmund Burke publishes Reflections on the Revolution in France. A landmark work of opposition to the Revolution which offered a critique of the radical philosophy behind events in France; the Reflections have been read as an articulation of the foundations of modern British conservatism. George Vancouver explores the north west coast of America.

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