Sarah Siddons (née Kemble)

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Sarah Siddons (née Kemble)

by Thomas Burke, published by James Birchall, after J. Bateman
stipple engraving, published 14 April 1783
6 in. x 4 5/8 in. (152 mm x 117 mm) plate size; 7 1/2 in. x 5 3/4 in. (190 mm x 146 mm) paper size
Given by Sir Herbert Henry Raphael, 1st Bt, 1913
Reference Collection
NPG D19235

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  • J. Bateman (active circa 1783). Artist or producer associated with 1 portrait.
  • James Birchall (died 1794), Print publisher and framemaker. Artist or producer associated with 9 portraits.
  • Thomas Burke (1749-1815), Printmaker. Artist or producer associated with 6 portraits.

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Current affairs

William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne resigns as Prime Minister over the proposed peace terms with the United States. Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford briefly forms a government with Charles James Fox in April but is succeeded by a government under William Pitt the Younger who, at the age of 24 becomes the youngest British Prime Minister ever to take office.
The highwayman John Austin is the last person to be publicly executed at Tyburn.

Art and science

Physician and natural philosopher Erasmus Darwin begins publication of A System of Vegetables, a translation from Latin of the work of Swedish botanist Carolus Linnaeus in which he coins many common English names of plants.

International

Defeat of Charles James Fox's India Bill in the House of Lords which aimed to assist ailing British East India Company.
American War of Independence: Treaty of Paris is signed by Britain, France, Spain and the United States, under which the British government recognises US independence. Britain begins to evacuate loyalists and the last British troops leave New York City three months later.

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