Anne Merry (née Brunton)
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- set matching 'Madame D'Arblay Diary, 1778-1840 (vol 5, part 1)'
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Anne Merry (née Brunton)
by Francesco Bartolozzi, published by John Bell, after Richard Cosway
stipple engraving, published 22 October 1785
7 in. x 4 1/2 in. (178 mm x 114 mm) plate size; 8 in. x 5 1/2 in. (202 mm x 139 mm) paper size
Bequeathed by (Frederick) Leverton Harris, 1927
Reference Collection
NPG D15292
Sitterback to top
- Anne Merry (née Brunton) (1769-1808), Actress; wife of Robert Merry. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Francesco Bartolozzi (1727-1815), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 165 portraits, Sitter in 16 portraits.
- John Bell (1745-1831), Publisher. Artist or producer associated with 108 portraits, Sitter associated with 4 portraits.
- Richard Cosway (1742-1821), Miniature painter. Artist or producer associated with 101 portraits, Sitter in 16 portraits.
Subjects & Themesback to top
Events of 1785back to top
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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