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Events January–March * January 12 – Ahmad Shah Durrani captures Lahore. * January 27 – A fire at the prison and barracks at Kinsale, in Ireland, kills 54 of the prisoners of war housed there. An estimated 500 prisoners are safely conducted to another prison."Fires, Great", in ''The Insurance Cyclopeadia: Being an Historical Treasury of Events and Circumstances Connected with the Origin and Progress of Insurance'', Cornelius Walford, ed. (C. and E. Layton, 1876) p51 * February 7 – The San Gabriel mission project begins with the founding of the first Roman Catholic missions further northward in the Viceroyalty of New Spain, in what is now central Texas. On orders of the Viceroy, Juan Francisco de Güemes, Friar Mariano Marti establish the San Francisco Xavier mission at a location on the San Gabriel River in what is now Milam County. The mission, located northeast of the future site of Austin, Texas, is attacked by 60 Apache Indians on May ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Paton (1717-91) - Sir Charles Knowles's Engagement With The Spanish Fleet Off Havana
Richard Paton (1717 – 7 March 1791) was an English marine painter. Biograohy Paton spent his artistic career in London, where he is said to have been born, although no record of his birthplace or parentage is known. He is said to have grown up in poverty, and he is described as "self-taught". Some critics have discerned an influence of the works of Samuel Scott (painter), Samuel Scott and Charles Brooking. According to an account by Harry Parker, in ''The Mariner's Mirror'', while Paton was begging on Tower Hill, he attracted the attention of Admiral (Royal Navy), Admiral Sir Charles Knowles, who happened to be passing that way.Taking a fancy to the boy, he offered to take him to sea. Paton was assistant to the ship's painter on Knowles' ship. Paton gained knowledge in both Marine art, painting and seamanship. In 1742, he started working at the Excise Office. His first exhibition was in 1758 on the premises of the London-based Society of Artists of Great Britain, Society ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
