Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester
1 portrait by John Hoppner
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester
by and published by Caroline Watson, after John Hoppner
hand-coloured stipple engraving, published 1 March 1785
8 7/8 in. x 6 3/8 in. (224 mm x 163 mm) plate size; 14 1/2 in. x 10 1/4 in. (367 mm x 260 mm) paper size
Bequeathed by (Frederick) Leverton Harris, 1927
Reference Collection
NPG D14947
Sitterback to top
- Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester (1776-1857), Fourth daughter of George III; wife of William Frederick, 2nd Duke of Gloucester. Sitter associated with 11 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- John Hoppner (1758-1810), Painter. Artist or producer associated with 217 portraits, Sitter in 13 portraits.
- Caroline Watson (1760 or 1761-1814), Printmaker. Artist or producer associated with 29 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D10840: Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester (from same plate)
- NPG D8579: Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester (from same plate)
Events of 1785back to top
Current affairs
George Prince of Wales secretly marries his mistress Maria Fitzherbert in contravention of the Royal Marriages Act of 1772.Prime Minister William Pitt introduces a bill proposing parliamentary reform and the abolition of 'rotten boroughs' but is defeated.
Art and science
William Cowper publishes his best -known poem The Task.James Boswell publishes The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, narrating his travels with the late writer Samuel Johnson.
Physician and naturalist James Hutton presents his studies of local rocks to the Royal Society of Edinburgh, launching the era of scientific geology.
International
Warren Hastings resigns as Governor-General of Bengal and returns to England. His trial begins on charges of corruption in the administration of India.French sculptor Jean Antoine Houdon crosses the Atlantic to sculpt a statue of George Washington.
British government establishes a permanent land force in the Eastern Caribbean, based in Barbados.
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