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John Armstrong

4 of 5 portraits of John Armstrong

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John Armstrong

by Thomas Cook, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
line engraving, (1767)
5 5/8 in. x 3 3/4 in. (143 mm x 96 mm) paper size
Bequeathed by (Frederick) Leverton Harris, 1927
Reference Collection
NPG D13891

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  • John Armstrong (1709-1779), Physician and poet. Sitter in 5 portraits.

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  • Thomas Cook (1744 or 1745?-1818), Printmaker. Artist associated with 36 portraits.
  • Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), Painter and first President of the Royal Academy. Artist associated with 1413 portraits, Sitter associated with 38 portraits.

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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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