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George Pigot, Baron Pigot

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George Pigot, Baron Pigot

by Benjamin Green ('Pott'), published by Robert Sayer, published by John Bennett, after George Stubbs
mezzotint, published 10 January 1777
18 1/8 in. x 21 3/4 in. (460 mm x 554 mm) plate size; 18 3/4 in. x 22 1/2 in. (477 mm x 573 mm) paper size
Bequeathed by (Frederick) Leverton Harris, 1927
Reference Collection
NPG D15221

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  • John Bennett (died 1787), Map and Printseller. Artist or producer associated with 18 portraits.
  • Benjamin Green ('Pott') (circa 1736-1800). Artist or producer associated with 4 portraits.
  • Robert Sayer (1724 or 1725-1794), Printseller and publisher. Artist or producer associated with 198 portraits.
  • George Stubbs (1724-1806), Painter and anatomist. Artist or producer associated with 6 portraits, Sitter in 9 portraits.

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Current affairs

Trent and Mersey Canal is completed under the supervision of engineer James Brindley.
Philanthropist and reformer John Howard publishes his study The State of the Prisons in England and Wales.

Art and science

Artist James Barry begins his monumental series of paintings The Progress of Human Culture for the Great Room of the Society of Arts in London. He completes it in 1783.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan's second play, The School for Scandal, is an immediate success in London's Drury Lane Theatre.
Entrepreneur William Bass establishes the Bass Brewery at Burton upon Trent.

International

American War of Independence: George Washington, heavily defeated at the Battle of Brandywine, is forced to relinquish Philadelphia to the British under General William Howe. At the two Battles of Saratoga only weeks later General John Burgoyne is forced to surrender to the Americans, marking a turning point in the war. The Continental Congress agrees the final version of the Articles of Confederation, defining the terms on which states join the Union.

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