April 13 –
Thomas Coke purchases a marble statue of Artemis/Diana dated to 190–200 AD, believed to be a copy of a mid 4th century BC Hellenistic original, for 900 crowns, making it the most expensive item he acquired for the
art collections of Holkham Hall.
^Grasselli, Margaret Morgan (1984).
Watteau, 1684-1721. Pierre Rosenberg, Nicole Parmantier, Antoine Watteau, National Gallery of Art, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Schloss Charlottenburg. Washington. pp. 398–399.
ISBN0-89468-074-9.
OCLC10696419.{{
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^De Courcy, John (1988). Anna Liffey. The river of Dublin. Dublin: O'Brien Press.