possibly Princess Augusta Sophia
© National Portrait Gallery, London
possibly Princess Augusta Sophia
by Johnson, published by Richard Marshall
mezzotint, published 20 August 1770
5 7/8 in. x 4 3/8 in. (149 mm x 111 mm)
Reference Collection
NPG D8019
Sitterback to top
- Princess Augusta Sophia (1768-1840), Second daughter of George III. Sitter associated with 18 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Johnson (active 1746-1770), Engraver and draughtsman. Artist or producer associated with 4 portraits.
- Richard Marshall (active 1753-died 1779), Printer, bookseller, printseller and publisher. Artist or producer associated with 2 portraits.
Events of 1770back to top
Current affairs
Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton resigns as Prime Minister and is succeeded by Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford.Art and science
Oliver Goldsmith publishes his poem The Deserted Village.Philosopher and politician Edmund Burke publishes Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents discussing the limits of the King's authority.
17-year-old Thomas Chatterton, later hailed as a significant poet, commits suicide in a London garret.
Thomas Gainsborough paints his portrait of Jonathan Buttall, which later becomes known as The Blue Boy.
International
'Townshend duties' on imports into the colonies are repealed, except for the duty on tea. However, this concession is soon followed by the Boston Massacre, in which British troops fire into an unruly crowd in Boston, killing five.Captain Cook reaches the eastern coast of Australia, at a place which he names Botany Bay. He discovers the Great Barrier Reef when HMS Endeavour runs onto it. Cook claims New South Wales for the British.
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David Stoker
22 May 2020, 07:56
Richard Marshall became a junior partner of William (d.1756) and Cluer Dicey in 1753, he became a full partner of Cluer Dicey in 1764 and an independent tradesmen 1770. He died 1779 and was succeeded by his son John Marshall