Ann Fortescue (née Campbell), Lady Fortescue
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Ann Fortescue (née Campbell), Lady Fortescue
after Francis Cotes
mezzotint, 1750s-1760s
5 3/4 in. x 4 1/2 in. (146 mm x 115 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D1998
Sitterback to top
- Ann Fortescue (née Campbell), Lady Fortescue (died 1812), Wife of 2nd Baron Fortescue. Sitter in 3 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Francis Cotes (1726-1770), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 89 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
Subjects & Themesback to top
Events of 1750back to top
Current affairs
Notorious highwayman James MacLaine is apprehended and hanged at Tyburn, having passed in society as a wealthy gentleman for two years.Scottish landlords start evicting tenants in the Highland Clearances.
Westminster Bridge is opened, the only fixed crossing of the River Thames between London Bridge and Putney.
Iron Act is passed restricting the manufacture of iron products in the American colonies.
Art and science
Electrician and experimental philosopher John Canton reads a paper before the Royal Society on a method of making artificial magnets.Writer Samuel Johnson begins publishing his periodical The Rambler.
Artist Joshua Reynolds travels to Italy, where he remains until 1752.
Establishment of the Jockey Club; a gentleman's club which took over the regulation of British horse racing.
International
Composer Johann Sebastian Bach dies in Leipzig. He completes his Mass in B Minor, worked on over many years, shortly before his death.Comments back to top
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