Richard Lovett







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Richard Lovett
by Robert Hancock, published by William Richardson, after Joseph Wright
mezzotint, late 18th century
14 in. x 10 in. (356 mm x 254 mm) plate size; 15 3/4 in. x 11 1/4 in. (401 mm x 285 mm) paper size
Given by the daughter of compiler William Fleming MD, Mary Elizabeth Stopford (née Fleming), 1931
Reference Collection
NPG D37460
Artistsback to top
- Robert Hancock (1730-1817), Artist. Artist or producer associated with 14 portraits.
- William Richardson (active 1777-1814), Bookseller, printseller and auctioneer. Artist or producer associated with 398 portraits.
- Joseph Wright (1734-1797), Painter, known as 'Wright of Derby'. Artist or producer associated with 19 portraits, Sitter associated with 7 portraits.
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- Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (Ancient & Modern Print Warehouse, 174 Strand, London)
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Stamp Act, passed the previous year, is repealed.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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