John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute

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John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute

by and published by Edward Fisher, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 1777
14 in. x 12 3/8 in. (357 mm x 313 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D32476

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  • Edward Fisher (1722-before 1782), Mezzotint engraver. Artist or producer associated with 92 portraits.
  • Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), Painter and first President of the Royal Academy. Artist or producer associated with 1425 portraits, Sitter associated with 40 portraits.

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  • NPG D32466: John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute (from same plate)
  • NPG D32467: John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute (from same plate)
  • NPG D32465: John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute (from same plate)

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Events of 1777back to top

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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