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Sir John Sinclair, 1st Bt
8 of 60 portraits by William Skelton
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Sir John Sinclair, 1st Bt
by William Skelton, published by Thomas Cadell the Elder, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
line engraving, published 16 April 1790
9 3/8 in. x 6 5/8 in. (237 mm x 167 mm) plate size; 10 3/4 in. x 8 in. (274 mm x 204 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D5992
Sitterback to top
- Sir John Sinclair, 1st Bt (1754-1835), Agricultural improver and politician. Sitter associated with 10 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Thomas Cadell the Elder (1742-1802), Publisher and bookseller. Artist or producer associated with 20 portraits, Sitter in 3 portraits.
- Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), Portrait painter, collector and President of the Royal Academy. Artist or producer associated with 698 portraits, Sitter in 25 portraits.
- William Skelton (1763-1848), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 60 portraits.
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Attempts to modify the Test and Corporation Acts are defeated, despite campaigning by dissenters such as the prominent Unitarian preacher and pamphleteer, Richard Price. The Acts prevented those outside the established church from holding government or military office.Art and science
Joseph Mallord William Turner exhibits his first painting at the Royal Academy; a watercolour of The Archbishop's Palace, Lambeth.The Firth to Clyde and Oxford to Birmingham canals are begun.
International
Edmund Burke publishes Reflections on the Revolution in France. A landmark work of opposition to the Revolution which offered a critique of the radical philosophy behind events in France; the Reflections have been read as an articulation of the foundations of modern British conservatism. George Vancouver explores the north west coast of America.Comments back to top
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