King Edward II
16 of 26 portraits of King Edward II
© National Portrait Gallery, London
King Edward II
by John Carwitham, after Unknown artist
mezzotint, circa 1723-1741
3 3/8 in. x 2 3/8 in. (87 mm x 61 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D33894
Artistsback to top
- John Carwitham (active 1723-1741), Engraver and etcher. Artist or producer associated with 15 portraits.
- Unknown artist, Artist. Artist or producer associated with 6578 portraits.
Events of 1723back to top
Current affairs
Exiled Jacobite leader Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke is pardoned and allowed to return to London from Paris.Workhouse Test Act under which poor relief claimants have to enter a workhouse.
Black Act makes poaching a capital offence.
Art and science
Architect Christopher Wren dies.Artist Joshua Reynolds is born in Plympton, Devon.
Portrait-painter Godfrey Kneller dies.
Philosopher Bernard de Mandeville republishes his celebrated Fable of the Bees with new essays on charity and the nature of society. They are vigorously combated and made the subject of prosecution in 1729.
International
Holy Roman Emperor, Charles VI, agrees that Hungary shall be ruled as a separate kingdom within his empire.Treaty of Charlottenburg signed between Britain and Prussia, which arranges for George I's grandson to marry a Prussian princess and Prince Frederick of Prussia to marry the Prince of Wales' daughter. It is never enacted.
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