Mary Blandy

1 portrait by F. Wilson

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Mary Blandy

by Thomas Ryley, after F. Wilson
mezzotint, 1751-1752
12 7/8 in. x 9 in. (328 mm x 228 mm) plate size; 18 1/8 in. x 12 1/8 in. (459 mm x 308 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D31879

On display in Room 11 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery

Sitterback to top

  • Mary Blandy (1718 or 1719-1752), Murderer. Sitter in 2 portraits.

Artistsback to top

  • Thomas Ryley (active 1744-1755). Artist or producer associated with 11 portraits.
  • F. Wilson. Artist or producer associated with 2 portraits.

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Current affairs

Frederick, Prince of Wales dies and is succeeded by his son, later George III, as Prince of Wales.
Third Gin Act requires government inspection of distilleries and restricts sales to licensed premises in an effort to curtail consumption.

Art and science

Thomas Gray publishes his poem Elegy written in a Country Church Yard.
Philosopher David Hume publishes An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals.
Eliza Haywood publishes her novel The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless.
William Hogarth publishes his satirical engravings Beer-Street, Gin Lane and The Four Stages of Cruelty.

International

Robert Clive reopens hostilities with the French in India. He prevails after holding out during the siege of Arcot.
First part of the Encyclopédie - an innovative 28 volume encyclopedia which represented the dominant strains of Enlightenment thinking - is published in France, edited by Diderot.
Swedish chemist Alex Cronstedt identifies nickel as an impurity in copper ore as a separate metallic element.

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