Lavinia Spencer (née Bingham), Countess Spencer
2 of 11 portraits of Lavinia Spencer (née Bingham), Countess Spencer







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Lavinia Spencer (née Bingham), Countess Spencer
by Francesco Bartolozzi, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
stipple engraving, 1787 (1785-1786)
10 in. x 7 in. (254 mm x 178 mm)
acquired unknown source, 1958
Reference Collection
NPG D8041
Sitterback to top
- Lavinia Spencer (née Bingham), Countess Spencer (1762-1831), Society hostess; wife of 2nd Earl Spencer. Sitter in 11 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 3 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Francesco Bartolozzi (1727-1815), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 164 portraits, Sitter in 16 portraits.
- Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), Painter and first President of the Royal Academy. Artist or producer associated with 1415 portraits, Sitter associated with 39 portraits.
Events of 1787back to top
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Social reformers Granville Sharp and Thomas Clarkson found the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade in London with support from John Wesley, Josiah Wedgwood and others.George III shows first signs of mental instability in November.
Art and science
Painter Robert Barker takes out a patent on the Panorama..Astronomer William Herschel discovers the two moons of Uranus, Titania and Oberon.
The original Lord's Cricket Ground holds its first cricket match.
International
Captain William Bligh sets sail for Tahiti on The Bounty.First performance of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Don Giovanni at the National Theatre, Prague.
A British ship lands a party of freed slaves as the first modern settlers in Sierra Leone.
Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth with eleven ships full of convicts to establish a penal colony in Australia.
Bahamas become a British colony.
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