Prince George of Denmark, Duke of Cumberland
1 portrait by Bowles & Carver
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Prince George of Denmark, Duke of Cumberland
published by Bowles & Carver, after Jacob Huysmans
mezzotint, after 1793
13 5/8 in. x 10 in. (346 mm x 254 mm) plate size; 13 3/4 in. x 10 3/8 in. (349 mm x 264 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1868
Reference Collection
NPG D7786
Sitterback to top
- Prince George of Denmark, Duke of Cumberland (1653-1708), Consort of Queen Anne; son of King Frederick III of Denmark and Norway and Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Sitter in 34 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Bowles & Carver (active 1793-1832), Printers, publishers and map sellers. Artist or producer associated with 18 portraits.
- Jacob Huysmans (1633?-1696), Artist. Artist or producer associated with 33 portraits.
Events of 1793back to top
Current affairs
Whig MP Charles Grey enters a motion for parliamentary reform but is defeated in the House of Commons.Art and science
Radical philosopher William Godwin publishes Political Justice, an inflamatory document that promoted rational anarchism. This crystallised a wider feeling that a new era of world peace and progress was beginning.Sir William Beechey is appointed Portrait Painter to her Majesty, Queen Charlotte.
International
Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette are executed and the Reign of Terror begins.France declares war on Britain, Holland and then Spain. William Pitt addresses the House of Commons and Britain hesitantly joins the first coalition of anti-revolutionary European states to oppose the French threat.
Attack on Corsica in which Captain Horatio Nelson loses an eye.
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