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Joseph Gulston

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Joseph Gulston

by James Watson, printed and published by James Bretherton, after Hugh Douglas Hamilton
mezzotint, published 1 April 1776
15 1/2 in. x 11 3/8 in. (393 mm x 290 mm) plate size; 19 1/8 in. x 13 3/4 in. (487 mm x 349 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D35065

Sitterback to top

  • Joseph Gulston (1744 or 1745-1786), Book and art collector; connoisseur. Sitter in 3 portraits.

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  • James Bretherton (circa 1730-1806), Engraver and printseller. Artist or producer associated with 44 portraits.
  • Hugh Douglas Hamilton (1739-1808), Artist. Artist or producer associated with 40 portraits.
  • James Watson (circa 1740-1790), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 193 portraits.

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Current affairs

Tahitian visitor to London Omai returns home with Captain James Cook on his third voyage. During his two-year stay he inspired a play and was painted by Joshua Reynolds.
Member of Parliament David Hartley unsuccessfully introduces a motion to the House of Commons calling for the abolition of the slave trade.

Art and science

Edward Gibbon produces the first volume of his monumental The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
Artist John Constable is born.
Scottish economist Adam Smith analyses the nature and causes of prosperity in his magnum opus The Wealth of Nations.

International

American War of Independence: George Washington raises a new American flag on Prospect Hill, Boston. In an anonymous pamphlet entitled Common Sense, English immigrant Thomas Paine is the first to argue that the American colonies should be independent. Declaration of American Independence on 4 July.

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