Arthur Smyth

1 portrait by Francis Robert West

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Arthur Smyth

by James Watson, after Francis Robert West
mezzotint, 1771
14 7/8 in. x 10 7/8 in. (377 mm x 277 mm) plate size; 16 1/8 in. x 11 7/8 in. (409 mm x 303 mm) paper size
Given by the daughter of compiler William Fleming MD, Mary Elizabeth Stopford (née Fleming), 1931
Reference Collection
NPG D41793

Sitterback to top

  • Arthur Smyth (1706-1771), Archbishop of Dublin. Sitter in 1 portrait.

Artistsback to top

  • James Watson (circa 1740-1790), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 193 portraits.
  • Francis Robert West (circa 1749-1809), Painter and draughtsman. Artist or producer associated with 1 portrait.

Events of 1771back to top

Current affairs

Artist Benjamin West exhibits his celebrated modern history painting The Death of Wolfe at the Royal Academy, commemorating the death of General James Wolfe at the 1759 Battle of Quebec during the Seven Years' War. The painting creates a sensation and George III commissions a copy.
Reporting of parliamentary debates is permitted.

Art and science

Richard Arkwright begins to develop cotton mills at Cromford in the Derwent Valley, Derbyshire; one of the earliest factory complexes.
Botanist James Robertson makes the first recorded ascent of Ben Nevis.
Encyclopedia Britannica is completed with 2,931 pages.
First recorded cricket match is played in Horsham, West Sussex.

International

First voyage of James Cook ends. HMS Endeavour anchors in the port of Deal, Kent following its three-year global circumnavigation.
Spain cedes the Falkland Islands to Britain.

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