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Mary Sturt; Humphrey Ashley Sturt

34 of 40 portraits by Katharine Read

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Mary Sturt; Humphrey Ashley Sturt

by James Watson, printed for Robert Sayer, after Katharine Read
mezzotint, published 20 June 1771
19 7/8 in. x 14 in. (505 mm x 356 mm) plate size; 21 in. x 15 1/4 in. (533 mm x 386 mm) paper size
Given by the daughter of compiler William Fleming MD, Mary Elizabeth Stopford (née Fleming), 1931
Reference Collection
NPG D42113

Sittersback to top

  • Humphrey Ashley Sturt (1760-1825), Son of Humphrey and Mary Sturt. Sitter in 3 portraits.
  • Mary Sturt (active 1807), Wife of Humphrey Sturt; mother of Humphrey Ashley Sturt. Sitter in 3 portraits.

Artistsback to top

  • Katharine Read (1723-1778), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 40 portraits.
  • Robert Sayer (1724 or 1725-1794), Printseller and publisher. Artist or producer associated with 198 portraits.
  • James Watson (circa 1740-1790), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 193 portraits.

Related worksback to top

  • NPG D42111: Mary Sturt; Humphrey Ashley Sturt (from same plate)
  • NPG D42112: Mary Sturt; Humphrey Ashley Sturt (from same plate)

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Events of 1771back to top

Current affairs

Artist Benjamin West exhibits his celebrated modern history painting The Death of Wolfe at the Royal Academy, commemorating the death of General James Wolfe at the 1759 Battle of Quebec during the Seven Years' War. The painting creates a sensation and George III commissions a copy.
Reporting of parliamentary debates is permitted.

Art and science

Richard Arkwright begins to develop cotton mills at Cromford in the Derwent Valley, Derbyshire; one of the earliest factory complexes.
Botanist James Robertson makes the first recorded ascent of Ben Nevis.
Encyclopedia Britannica is completed with 2,931 pages.
First recorded cricket match is played in Horsham, West Sussex.

International

First voyage of James Cook ends. HMS Endeavour anchors in the port of Deal, Kent following its three-year global circumnavigation.
Spain cedes the Falkland Islands to Britain.

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