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'Adoration of the Shepherds' (Thomas Jervais; Sir Joshua Reynolds)

15 of 40 portraits of Sir Joshua Reynolds

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'Adoration of the Shepherds' (Thomas Jervais; Sir Joshua Reynolds)

by Georg Siegmund Facius, by Johann Gottlieb Facius, published by John Boydell, after Josiah Boydell, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
stipple and line engraving, published 1 September 1785 (1783-1785)
25 1/2 in. x 16 1/2 in. (648 mm x 418 mm) plate size; 26 1/8 in. x 17 1/8 in. (662 mm x 436 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1868
Reference Collection
NPG D39706

Sittersback to top

  • Thomas Jervais (died 1799), Glass painter. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
  • Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), Painter and first President of the Royal Academy. Sitter associated with 40 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 1425 portraits. Identify

Artistsback to top

  • John Boydell (1720-1804), Engraver and printseller. Artist or producer associated with 132 portraits, Sitter in 13 portraits.
  • Josiah Boydell (1752-1817), Artist and publisher. Artist or producer associated with 69 portraits.
  • Georg Siegmund Facius (circa 1750-before 1814), Stipple engraver. Artist or producer associated with 22 portraits.
  • Johann Gottlieb Facius (1750-1802), Stipple engraver. Artist or producer associated with 11 portraits.
  • Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), Painter and first President of the Royal Academy. Artist or producer associated with 1425 portraits, Sitter associated with 40 portraits. Identify

Related worksback to top

  • NPG D14926: 'Adoration of the Shepherds' (Thomas Jervais; Sir Joshua Reynolds) (from same plate)

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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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