Robert Perreau; Daniel Perreau

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Robert Perreau; Daniel Perreau

by Unknown artist
etching, published 1776
7 5/8 in. x 5 3/4 in. (195 mm x 145 mm) plate size; 8 1/8 in. x 6 1/8 in. (206 mm x 155 mm) paper size
Given by Sir Herbert Henry Raphael, 1st Bt, 1913
Reference Collection
NPG D20297

Sittersback to top

  • Daniel Perreau (1732-1776), Stock speculator and forger; twin brother of Robert Perreau. Sitter in 3 portraits.
  • Robert Perreau (1732-1776), Apothecary and forger; twin brother of Daniel Perreau. Sitter in 2 portraits.

Artistback to top

  • Unknown artist, Artist. Artist or producer associated with 6578 portraits.

Related worksback to top

  • NPG D14989: Robert Perreau; Daniel Perreau (from same plate)

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Events of 1776back to top

Current affairs

Tahitian visitor to London Omai returns home with Captain James Cook on his third voyage. During his two-year stay he inspired a play and was painted by Joshua Reynolds.
Member of Parliament David Hartley unsuccessfully introduces a motion to the House of Commons calling for the abolition of the slave trade.

Art and science

Edward Gibbon produces the first volume of his monumental The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
Artist John Constable is born.
Scottish economist Adam Smith analyses the nature and causes of prosperity in his magnum opus The Wealth of Nations.

International

American War of Independence: George Washington raises a new American flag on Prospect Hill, Boston. In an anonymous pamphlet entitled Common Sense, English immigrant Thomas Paine is the first to argue that the American colonies should be independent. Declaration of American Independence on 4 July.

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