Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford

1 portrait by Thomas Burke

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Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford

by Thomas Burke, published by William Austin, published by William Dickinson, after Nathaniel Dance (later Sir Nathaniel Holland, Bt)
mezzotint, published 20 March 1785 (1773-1774)
20 1/8 in. x 14 1/8 in. (510 mm x 360 mm) plate size; 20 1/2 in. x 14 5/8 in. (520 mm x 370 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D35005

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  • William Austin (1721-1820), Drawing master and engraver. Artist or producer associated with 14 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
  • Thomas Burke (1749-1815), Printmaker. Artist or producer associated with 6 portraits.
  • Nathaniel Dance (later Sir Nathaniel Holland, Bt) (1735-1811), Painter. Artist or producer associated with 63 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
  • William Dickinson (1746-1823), Engraver and printseller. Artist or producer associated with 85 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.

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  • NPG 3627: Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford (source portrait)
  • NPG D35006: Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford (based on same portrait)

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Current affairs

George Prince of Wales secretly marries his mistress Maria Fitzherbert in contravention of the Royal Marriages Act of 1772.
Prime Minister William Pitt introduces a bill proposing parliamentary reform and the abolition of 'rotten boroughs' but is defeated.

Art and science

William Cowper publishes his best -known poem The Task.
James Boswell publishes The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, narrating his travels with the late writer Samuel Johnson.
Physician and naturalist James Hutton presents his studies of local rocks to the Royal Society of Edinburgh, launching the era of scientific geology.

International

Warren Hastings resigns as Governor-General of Bengal and returns to England. His trial begins on charges of corruption in the administration of India.
French sculptor Jean Antoine Houdon crosses the Atlantic to sculpt a statue of George Washington.
British government establishes a permanent land force in the Eastern Caribbean, based in Barbados.

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