Luigi Marchesi
1 of 4 portraits by Colnaghi & Co
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Luigi Marchesi
by Luigi Schiavonetti, published by Colnaghi & Co, after Richard Cosway
stipple engraving, published 1 June 1790
8 in. x 5 7/8 in. (202 mm x 149 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D13804
Artistsback to top
- Colnaghi & Co (active 1790-1794), Publishers. Artist or producer associated with 4 portraits.
- Richard Cosway (1742-1821), Miniature painter. Artist or producer associated with 101 portraits, Sitter in 16 portraits.
- Luigi Schiavonetti (1765-1810), Printmaker. Artist or producer associated with 25 portraits, Sitter in 2 portraits.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Ingamells, John, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, 2004, p. 517
Placesback to top
- Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (127 Sloane Street, London; 132 Pall Mall, London)
Events of 1790back to top
Current affairs
Attempts to modify the Test and Corporation Acts are defeated, despite campaigning by dissenters such as the prominent Unitarian preacher and pamphleteer, Richard Price. The Acts prevented those outside the established church from holding government or military office.Art and science
Joseph Mallord William Turner exhibits his first painting at the Royal Academy; a watercolour of The Archbishop's Palace, Lambeth.The Firth to Clyde and Oxford to Birmingham canals are begun.
International
Edmund Burke publishes Reflections on the Revolution in France. A landmark work of opposition to the Revolution which offered a critique of the radical philosophy behind events in France; the Reflections have been read as an articulation of the foundations of modern British conservatism. George Vancouver explores the north west coast of America.Comments back to top
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