David Steuart Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan

1 portrait by John Finlayson

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David Steuart Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan

by John Finlayson, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 1767 or after
14 5/8 in. x 11 in. (371 mm x 278 mm) paper size
Reference Collection
NPG D13669

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Artistsback to top

  • John Finlayson (circa 1730-circa 1776), Mezzotinter, draughtsman and painter. Artist or producer associated with 26 portraits.
  • Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), Painter and first President of the Royal Academy. Artist or producer associated with 1425 portraits, Sitter associated with 40 portraits.

Related worksback to top

  • NPG D893: David Steuart Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan when Viscount Cardross (from same plate)

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Events of 1767back to top

Current affairs

Birth of Prince Edward, fourth son of George III and father of Queen Victoria.
Chancellor, Charles Townshend, passes a series of acts - the 'Townshend Duties' - taxing all glass, lead, paint, paper and tea imported into the American colonies.
Work begins on Edinburgh's New Town, to the design of the 23-year-old architect James Craig.

Art and science

Josiah Spode establishes the Spode pottery manufactory at Stoke-on-Trent.
Philosopher and chemist Joseph Priestley publishes The History and Present State of Electricity.
First annual Nautical Almanac is produced by Astronomer Royal Nevil Maskelyne, allowing mariners to find their longitude while at sea, using tables of lunar distances.

International

'Townshend Duties' cause uproar in America.
First Anglo-Mysore War breaks out between between the Sultanate of Mysore Hyder Ali and the East India Company.
Jesuits are expelled from Spain.
Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon complete a four-year survey to establish the boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland; the Mason-Dixon line.


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