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George Waldegrave, 4th Earl Waldegrave

29 of 107 portraits by Richard Earlom

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George Waldegrave, 4th Earl Waldegrave

by Richard Earlom, after John Francis Rigaud
mezzotint, circa 1784-1789
15 in. x 11 1/4 in. (380 mm x 286 mm) plate size; 15 3/8 in. x 11 7/8 in. (390 mm x 303 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1956
Reference Collection
NPG D37979

Sitterback to top

Artistsback to top

  • Richard Earlom (1743-1822), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 107 portraits, Sitter in 3 portraits.
  • John Francis Rigaud (1742-1810), Painter. Artist or producer associated with 8 portraits, Sitter in 5 portraits.

Related worksback to top

  • NPG D4614: George Waldegrave, 4th Earl Waldegrave (from same plate)
  • NPG D37980: George Waldegrave, 4th Earl Waldegrave (from same plate)

Events of 1784back to top

Current affairs

Theatre proprietor and postal reformer John Palmer runs the first mail coach in England, between Bristol and London. A three day journey is now completed in 16 hours.
Commutation Act reduces punitive duties on tea to combat smuggling.

Art and science

Aeronaut James Sadler makes the first hot air balloon flight in Britain, from Oxford to Woodeaton.
Chemist Henry Cavendish's paper Experiments on Air reveals the composition of water.
Writer Samuel Johnson dies.
Joshua Reynolds succeeds Allan Ramsay as Painter to the King.

International

Thomas Jefferson's Land Ordinance passed by the United States' Continental Congress, coming into effect the following year. It allows for the sale of land in the largely unmapped west of the country.
Britain receives its first bales of cotton from the United States since before the War of American Independence.
William Pitt's India Act creates a Board of Control to oversee the affairs of the British East India Company and centralise power.

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