Thomas Griffin
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Thomas Griffin
by Richard Houston, after Thomas Hudson
mezzotint, 1771 or after
14 7/8 in. x 10 7/8 in. (378 mm x 276 mm)
Reference Collection
NPG D8964
Sitterback to top
- Thomas Griffin (circa 1692-1771), Admiral and Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies Station. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Artistsback to top
- Richard Houston (1721 or 1722-1775), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 191 portraits.
- Thomas Hudson (1701-1779), Portrait painter and art collector. Artist or producer associated with 182 portraits.
Subjects & Themesback to top
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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