Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron

1 portrait by John & Paul Knapton

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Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron

by Jacobus Houbraken, published by John & Paul Knapton, after Samuel Cooper
line engraving, published 1738
14 3/8 in. x 9 in. (366 mm x 228 mm) plate size
Given by the daughter of compiler William Fleming MD, Mary Elizabeth Stopford (née Fleming), 1931
Reference Collection
NPG D27110

Sitterback to top

Artistsback to top

  • Samuel Cooper (1608?-1672), Miniature painter. Artist or producer associated with 111 portraits, Sitter in 4 portraits.
  • Jacobus Houbraken (1698-1780), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 435 portraits.
  • John & Paul Knapton (active 1735-1789), Booksellers and publishers. Artist or producer associated with 290 portraits.

Related worksback to top

  • NPG D20447: Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron (from same plate)
  • NPG D36634: Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron (from same plate)
  • NPG D36635: Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron (from same plate)
  • NPG D42885: Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron (from same plate)

Events of 1738back to top

Current affairs

Fetter Lane Society founded in London by the Moravians; a reformed group of Protestants led by exiled Saxon Count Nicolaus von Zinzendorf. He visits Britain to petition the king for protection for Moravian missionaries working in the British colonies. An act to this effect is finally passed in 1749.
John Wesley is converted, essentially launching the Methodist movement.



Art and science

Artist Allan Ramsay returns to London from Rome and sets himself up as a portrait painter.
Metallurgist William Champion patents a process to distil zinc from calamine using charcoal in a smelter.

International

Methodist preacher George Whitefield arrives in Savannah, Georgia to replace John Wesley; the first of seven visits across the Atlantic which make him one of the most widely recognised figures in the American colonies.
Merchant sailor Robert Jenkins presents his pickled ear (cut off by Spanish coast-guards in Cuba in 1731) to Parliament stirring up war fever against Spain and leading to the War of Jenkins' Ear the following year.

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