'Lady Molineux'

by James Watson, printed for Robert Sayer, after Tilly Kettle
mezzotint, published 1 July 1769
15 1/4 in. x 10 7/8 in. (386 mm x 276 mm) plate size; 21 3/4 in. x 16 7/8 in. (553 mm x 429 mm) paper size
Given by the daughter of compiler William Fleming MD, Mary Elizabeth Stopford (née Fleming), 1931
Reference Collection
NPG D38854

Sittersback to top

Ann (or Anne) Barry (née Street) (baptised 1733-1801), Actress. Sitter associated with 4 portraits.
Isabella Molyneux (née Stanhope), Countess of Sefton (1748-1819), Wife of 1st Earl of Sefton. Sitter associated with 9 portraits.

Artistsback to top

Tilly Kettle (1735-1786), Painter. Artist associated with 19 portraits.
Robert Sayer (1724 or 1725-1794), Printseller and publisher. Artist associated with 198 portraits.
James Watson (circa 1740-1790), Engraver. Artist associated with 193 portraits.

Related worksback to top

NPG D38855: 'Lady Molineux (from same plate)
NPG D38856: 'Lady Molineux' (from same plate)

Placesback to top

Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (53 Fleet Street, London)

Portrait setback to top

Fleming Collection

Subjects & Themesback to top

Events of 1769back to top

Current affairs

Radical John Wilkes is expelled from Parliament once again, on the grounds that he was an outlaw when he was voted in. He is re-elected by his Middlesex constituents, then expelled and re-elected twice more, until Parliament declares his opponent, Henry Luttrell, the winner.
First of 69 anonymous Letters of Junius appears in the Public Advertiser, exposing political corruption. The politician Sir Philip Francis is now believed to have been responsible.

Art and science

Josiah Wedgwood opens his Etruria Works for the manufacture of pottery.
Inventor Richard Arkwright patents a spinning frame able to weave fabric mechanically.
Gordon's London Dry Gin is produced for the first time.
First Royal Academy exhibition is held.
Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage is first published.

International

Captain Cook observes the transit of Venus in Tahiti while his passengers, Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander, collect valuable specimens of Pacific flora. The expedition travels on to New Zealand where Cook begins charting the country's entire coastline.
Treaty of Madras ends the First Anglo-Mysore War but fails to settle dispute.
French inventor Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot tests a steam wagon, probably the first working mechanical vehicle.

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