Inigo Jones







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Inigo Jones
by and published by Jonathan Spilsbury, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
mezzotint, published 3 February 1766 (circa 1632-1635)
13 in. x 8 7/8 in. (329 mm x 227 mm) plate size; 15 3/4 in. x 10 3/4 in. (400 mm x 274 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1952
Reference Collection
NPG D36714
Artistsback to top
- Jonathan Spilsbury (baptised 1737-1812), Printmaker and portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 52 portraits.
- Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641), Painter. Artist or producer associated with 1023 portraits, Sitter associated with 30 portraits.
Events of 1766back to top
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Charles Edward Stuart ('Bonnie Prince Charlie') becomes the new Stuart claimant to the throne of Great Britain and figurehead for Jacobitism on the death of his father James Stuart, Pretender since 1701.Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham is dismissed as Prime Minister and succeeded by William Pitt the Elder.
Stamp Act, passed the previous year, is repealed.
Art and science
Swiss painter Angelica Kauffmann settles in London.Oliver Goldsmith publishes his novel The Vicar of Wakefield.
Chemist Henry Cavendish publishes his paper 'On Factitious Airs' which is generally credited with showing the discovery of hydrogen.
First golf club in England opens at Blackheath in Kent.
Christie's auction house is founded in London.
International
Navigator and Royal Navy officer John Byron returns to England after his circumnavigation of the globe; the first to be completed in under two years. He takes possession of the Falkland Islands on behalf of Britain during his voyage.German writer Gotthold Ephraim Lessing publishes his important work of literary criticism Laokoon; An Essay on the Limits of Painting and Poetry.
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