1761 in art information

Events from the year 1761 in art. May 9 – Society of Artists of Great Britain exhibition opens in London. Exhibitors include Gainsborough, Hogarth and...

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1761. 1761 (MDCCLXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting...

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Bach – Catone in Utica, W.G 2 Pasquale Cafaro – Ipermestra (revised version, premiered Dec. 26 in Naples) Florian Leopold Gassmann – Catone in Utica Baldassare...

article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1761. August – Following the death of Johann Matthias Gesner, the chair of rhetoric...

Society of Artists of Great Britain was founded in London in May 1761 by an association of artists in order to provide a venue for the public exhibition...

1750, etching, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City Hôtel de la Marine, Paris, by Ange-Jacques Gabriel, 1761–1770 Petit Trianon, Versailles, France...

Events from the year 1752 in art. 1 March – Scottish painter Allan Ramsay elopes with and marries, as his second wife, the Jacobite heiress Margaret Lindsay...

information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). In March, poet Charles Churchill's Rosciad was published at his own expense,...

The year 1761 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. June 6 – The first transit of Venus since Edmond Halley suggested...

Events from the year 1765 in art. June 12 – The death of General John Guise in London activates his 1760 bequest of a large collection of Old Master paintings...

The year 1761 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Robert Adam and Sir William Chambers are jointly appointed...

February 3 – Opéra-Théâtre de Metz Métropole in Metz, Lorraine, is opened. June 13 – Composer Maria Teresa Agnesi marries Pier Antonio Pinottini. September...

Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707 and encompasses English art, Scottish art, Welsh art and Irish art, and forms part of Western art history. During the 18th...

transit from nearby Broughton. Kepler had predicted transits in 1631 and 1761 and a near miss in 1639. Horrocks corrected Kepler's calculation for the orbit...

Events from the year 1769 in art. April 25–May 27 – First Royal Academy summer exhibition held in London. Joshua Reynolds is knighted. Charles Catton...

The historical evolution of the nude in art runs parallel to the history of art in general, except for small particularities derived from the different...

Rev. Bryan Faussett begins excavations at Anglo-Saxon cemeteries in Kent, England. 1761-1767: Carsten Niebuhr transcribes the cuneiform inscriptions at...

from the year 1761 in Great Britain. Monarch – George III Prime Minister – Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (Whig) 16 January – in India, general...

The year 1752 in science and technology involved some significant events. Establishment of Tiergarten Schönbrunn in Vienna, the world's oldest zoo. Thomas...

Annual Register Angélique du Coudray – Abrégé de l'art des accouchements (The Art of Obstetrics) Alexander Gerard – An Essay on Taste Oliver Goldsmith The...

took place on 14 January 1761 between the Maratha Confederacy and the invading army of the Durrani Empire. The battle took place in and around the city of...

Events from the year 1761 in Sweden Monarch – Adolf Frederick 5 February – Anders Johan von Höpken steps down as President of the Privy Council Chancellery...