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Sir Richard Stacpoole

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Sir Richard Stacpoole

by James Watson, after Segulta
mezzotint, circa 1765-1790
17 3/4 in. x 11 in. (452 mm x 278 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D40871

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  • Segulta, Painter. Artist or producer associated with 4 portraits.
  • James Watson (circa 1740-1790), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 193 portraits.

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  • NPG D24065: Sir Richard Stacpoole (from same plate)
  • NPG D40869: Sir Richard Stacpoole (from same plate)
  • NPG D40870: Sir Richard Stacpoole (from same plate)

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Current affairs

George Grenville is dismissed as Prime Minister. He is succeeded by Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham.
Isle of Man is brought under British control.
Stamp Act requires that printed materials in the colonies, such as legal documents and newspapers, are produced on paper made in London carrying an embossed revenue stamp.



Art and science

Nevil Maskelyne becomes Astronomer Royal.
Writer Samuel Johnson publishes his edition of Shakespeare.
Inventor James Watt makes a breakthrough in the development of the steam engine by constructing a model with a separate condenser.
Judge and politician William Blackstone publishes his influential work Commentaries on the Laws of England.

International

Robert Clive secures the rights for the East India Company to collect taxes in Bengal from Mughal Emperor Shah Alam.
American campaigners against the Stamp Act organise themselves as the Sons of Liberty in Massachusetts and New York.


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