'Portraits of the bishops who suffered martyrdom for the Protestant faith under the bloody persecution of Queen Mary I'
31 of 47 portraits of Thomas Cranmer
'Portraits of the bishops who suffered martyrdom for the Protestant faith under the bloody persecution of Queen Mary I'
probably by William Grainger
line engraving, circa 1784-1793
12 5/8 in. x 7 3/4 in. (320 mm x 198 mm) paper size
Given by Sir Herbert Henry Raphael, 1st Bt, 1913
Reference Collection
NPG D20135
Artistback to top
- William Grainger (active 1784-1793). Artist or producer associated with 6 portraits.
Sittersback to top
- Thomas Cranmer (1489-1556), Archbishop of Canterbury. Sitter in 47 portraits. Identify
- Robert Farrar (died 1555), Bishop of St David's, Wales and Protestant martyr. Sitter in 8 portraits. Identify
- John Foxe (1516-1587), Martyrologist. Sitter in 26 portraits. Identify
- John Hooper (1495-1555), Bishop of Gloucester; Protestant martyr. Sitter in 14 portraits. Identify
- Hugh Latimer (circa 1485-1555), Bishop of Worcester. Sitter associated with 33 portraits. Identify
- Nicholas Ridley (1500-1555), Bishop of London. Sitter in 28 portraits. Identify
Events of 1784back to top
Current affairs
Theatre proprietor and postal reformer John Palmer runs the first mail coach in England, between Bristol and London. A three day journey is now completed in 16 hours.Commutation Act reduces punitive duties on tea to combat smuggling.
Art and science
Aeronaut James Sadler makes the first hot air balloon flight in Britain, from Oxford to Woodeaton.Chemist Henry Cavendish's paper Experiments on Air reveals the composition of water.
Writer Samuel Johnson dies.
Joshua Reynolds succeeds Allan Ramsay as Painter to the King.
International
Thomas Jefferson's Land Ordinance passed by the United States' Continental Congress, coming into effect the following year. It allows for the sale of land in the largely unmapped west of the country.Britain receives its first bales of cotton from the United States since before the War of American Independence.
William Pitt's India Act creates a Board of Control to oversee the affairs of the British East India Company and centralise power.
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