Alexander Hume, Lord Polwarth
1 portrait by Anne Forbes
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Alexander Hume, Lord Polwarth
by John Raphael Smith, after Anne Forbes
mezzotint, published 27 January 1773
15 3/8 in. x 11 1/4 in. (390 mm x 286 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1952
Reference Collection
NPG D40337
Sitterback to top
- Alexander Hume, Lord Polwarth (1750-1781), Son of Hugh, 3rd Earl Marchmont. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Artistsback to top
- Anne Forbes (1745-1834), Painter. Artist or producer associated with 1 portrait.
- John Raphael Smith (1752-1812), Portrait painter, engraver and pastellist. Artist or producer associated with 192 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
Placesback to top
- Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (Exeter Court, near Exeter Change, Strand, London)
Events of 1773back to top
Current affairs
Tea Act grants the struggling East India Company a monopoly on the North American tea trade.Brokers who meet to do business in Jonathan's coffee house in Threadneedle Street, London decide to call themselves the Stock Exchange.
General Turnpike Act regulates the system of road tolls.
Art and science
Samuel Johnson and James Boswell undertake a journey together to the western islands of Scotland.Oliver Goldsmith's play She Stoops to Conquer debuts in London's Covent Garden Theatre.
International
Captain James Cook becomes the first European explorer to cross the Antarctic Circle.Boston Tea Party demonstrates opposition in the colonies to the import duty on tea. Some fifty colonists, disguised as Indians, tip a valuable cargo of tea into Boston harbour as a protest against the British tax.
Responding to pressure from the Catholic monarchs of Europe, Clement XIV abolishes the Jesuit Order.
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Martin Gollasch
04 November 2018, 12:58
Studied law at Göttingen University from 1765, mentioned in the report of the visit of the Duke of York in Göttingen 1765.