Sir Sidney Smith

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Sir Sidney Smith

by and published by Thomas Cheesman, sold by Mrs Smith, sold by Antonio Cesare Poggi, after John Opie
stipple engraving, published 6 May 1796
10 7/8 in. x 8 3/8 in. (276 mm x 214 mm) plate size; 17 1/2 in. x 11 1/2 in. (444 mm x 292 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D41785

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  • Thomas Cheesman (1760-circa 1834), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 20 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
  • John Opie (1761-1807), Portrait and history painter. Artist or producer associated with 151 portraits, Sitter in 13 portraits.
  • Antonio Cesare Poggi (1744-1836), Painter, dealer, publisher and printseller. Artist or producer associated with 8 portraits.
  • Mrs Smith (active 1796), Printseller. Artist or producer associated with 2 portraits.

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  • NPG D6791: Sir Sidney Smith (from same plate)

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Current affairs

Birth of Princess Charlotte, only child of George, Prince of Wales and Princess Caroline whose marriage soon quickly and publicly degenerates.

Art and science

Fanny Burney publishes Camilla, one of several influential novels exploring social misunderstanding and the fashionable mode of sensibility.
Architect William Chambers completes the building of Somerset House.
Collector William Beckford, the richest man in England, begins construction of his gothic fantasy Fonthill Abbey.

International

Napoleon Bonaparte assumes command of the French armies in Italy and defeats the Austrians at Millesimo and the Piedmontese at Mondovi.
Arthur Wellesley, later Duke of Wellington, arrives in India as a colonel.
John Adams is elected President of the United States, defeating Thomas Jefferson by three votes.

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