Peter the Wild Boy
3 of 34 portraits by Pierre-Étienne Falconet
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Peter the Wild Boy
by Valentine Green, after Pierre-Étienne Falconet
mezzotint, (1767)
17 1/2 in. x 13 in. (446 mm x 330 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1964
Reference Collection
NPG D10599
Sitterback to top
- Peter the Wild Boy (circa 1712-1785), Curiosity and protegé of George I. Sitter in 7 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Pierre-Étienne Falconet (1741-1791), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 34 portraits.
- Valentine Green (1739-1813), Mezzotint engraver. Artist or producer associated with 149 portraits, Sitter in 3 portraits.
Events of 1767back to top
Current affairs
Birth of Prince Edward, fourth son of George III and father of Queen Victoria.Chancellor, Charles Townshend, passes a series of acts - the 'Townshend Duties' - taxing all glass, lead, paint, paper and tea imported into the American colonies.
Work begins on Edinburgh's New Town, to the design of the 23-year-old architect James Craig.
Art and science
Josiah Spode establishes the Spode pottery manufactory at Stoke-on-Trent.Philosopher and chemist Joseph Priestley publishes The History and Present State of Electricity.
First annual Nautical Almanac is produced by Astronomer Royal Nevil Maskelyne, allowing mariners to find their longitude while at sea, using tables of lunar distances.
International
'Townshend Duties' cause uproar in America.First Anglo-Mysore War breaks out between between the Sultanate of Mysore Hyder Ali and the East India Company.
Jesuits are expelled from Spain.
Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon complete a four-year survey to establish the boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland; the Mason-Dixon line.
Comments back to top
We are currently unable to accept new comments, but any past comments are available to read below.
If you need information from us, please use our Archive enquiry service . Please note that we cannot provide valuations. You can buy a print or greeting card of most illustrated portraits. Select the portrait of interest to you, then look out for a Buy a Print button. Prices start at around £6 for unframed prints, £16 for framed prints. If you wish to license an image, select the portrait of interest to you, then look out for a Use this image button, or contact our Rights and Images service. We digitise over 8,000 portraits a year and we cannot guarantee being able to digitise images that are not already scheduled.