John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll and Greenwich
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© National Portrait Gallery, London
John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll and Greenwich
by Thomas Bardwell
oil on canvas, 1740
55 in. x 44 in. (1397 mm x 1118 mm)
Purchased, 1942
Primary Collection
NPG 3110
Sitterback to top
- John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll and Greenwich (1680-1743), Field Marshal and statesman. Sitter in 12 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Thomas Bardwell (1704-1767), Artist. Artist or producer associated with 4 portraits.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Ingamells, John, Later Stuart Portraits 1685-1714, 2009, p. 15
- Piper, David, Catalogue of Seventeenth Century Portraits in the National Portrait Gallery, 1625-1714, 1963, p. 12
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 16
Events of 1740back to top
Current affairs
The song Rule, Britannia! by Thomas Arne is performed for the first time at Cliveden, the country home of Frederick, Prince of Wales.A now discredited account by antiquarian William Stukely asserts that Stonehenge was built by druids.
Art and science
Samuel Richardson publishes the first two volumes of Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded, the best-selling novel of the period.Artists Joshua Reynolds and Thomas Gainsborough both arrive in London. Reynolds is apprenticed to the leading portrait-painter Thomas Hudson, while Gainsborough begins his artistic training with the French engraver and illustrator Hubert-Francois Gravelot.
International
Death of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI and the succession of his eldest daughter Maria Térèsa heralds the start of the War of the Austrian Succession. Britain, already fighting Spain (in the War of Jenkin's Ear), is drawn into the wider conflict as an ally of Austria until 1748.Frederick II becomes King of Prussia.
Pope Benedict XIV succeeds Pope Clement XII as the 247th pope.
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Fay Tuncay
28 November 2016, 15:43
Hello, I was just reading Bardwell's book which has been put into the archive. Others might like to learn this and find the link. Please see below:
'Practical treatise on painting in oil-colours', Thomas Bardwell, 1795
https://archive.org/details/gri_33125010872170
Kind regards
Fay Tuncay