Sir John Fielding
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir John Fielding
by John Raphael Smith, published by Carey & Watson, after Nathaniel Hone
mezzotint, published 1773
15 3/8 in. x 11 1/8 in. (390 mm x 283 mm) plate size; 17 5/8 in. x 13 1/8 in. (449 mm x 332 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D36915
Sitterback to top
- Sir John Fielding (1721-1780), Magistrate and social reformer. Sitter in 10 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Carey & Watson. Artist or producer associated with 3 portraits.
- Nathaniel Hone (1718-1784), Portrait and miniature painter. Artist or producer associated with 56 portraits, Sitter in 9 portraits.
- John Raphael Smith (1752-1812), Portrait painter, engraver and pastellist. Artist or producer associated with 192 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D36914: Sir John Fielding (from same plate)
- NPG D18430: Sir John Fielding (from same plate)
- NPG D36916: Sir John Fielding (from same plate)
Subjects & Themesback to top
Events of 1773back to top
Current affairs
Tea Act grants the struggling East India Company a monopoly on the North American tea trade.Brokers who meet to do business in Jonathan's coffee house in Threadneedle Street, London decide to call themselves the Stock Exchange.
General Turnpike Act regulates the system of road tolls.
Art and science
Samuel Johnson and James Boswell undertake a journey together to the western islands of Scotland.Oliver Goldsmith's play She Stoops to Conquer debuts in London's Covent Garden Theatre.
International
Captain James Cook becomes the first European explorer to cross the Antarctic Circle.Boston Tea Party demonstrates opposition in the colonies to the import duty on tea. Some fifty colonists, disguised as Indians, tip a valuable cargo of tea into Boston harbour as a protest against the British tax.
Responding to pressure from the Catholic monarchs of Europe, Clement XIV abolishes the Jesuit Order.
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