Christopher Codrington
1 portrait of Christopher Codrington
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Christopher Codrington
by R. Clamp, after Sir James Thornhill
stipple engraving, published 1796
7 1/2 in. x 5 1/2 in. (191 mm x 140 mm) plate size; 10 3/8 in. x 7 1/8 in. (264 mm x 182 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D13732
Artistsback to top
- R. Clamp (active 1789-1798), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 64 portraits.
- Sir James Thornhill (1675 or 1676-1734), Father-in-law of William Hogarth, decorative painter and politician; MP for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis. Artist or producer associated with 23 portraits, Sitter associated with 14 portraits.
Events of 1796back to top
Current affairs
Birth of Princess Charlotte, only child of George, Prince of Wales and Princess Caroline whose marriage soon quickly and publicly degenerates.Art and science
Fanny Burney publishes Camilla, one of several influential novels exploring social misunderstanding and the fashionable mode of sensibility.Architect William Chambers completes the building of Somerset House.
Collector William Beckford, the richest man in England, begins construction of his gothic fantasy Fonthill Abbey.
International
Napoleon Bonaparte assumes command of the French armies in Italy and defeats the Austrians at Millesimo and the Piedmontese at Mondovi.Arthur Wellesley, later Duke of Wellington, arrives in India as a colonel.
John Adams is elected President of the United States, defeating Thomas Jefferson by three votes.
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