Robert Eglesfield
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Robert Eglesfield
by John Faber Jr, after Thomas Murray
mezzotint, 1724
16 1/4 in. x 10 3/8 in. (413 mm x 262 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D36090
Sitterback to top
- Robert Eglesfield (circa 1295-1349), Founder of Queen's College, Oxford. Sitter in 9 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- John Faber Jr (circa 1695-1756), Engraver and portrait and miniature painter. Artist or producer associated with 818 portraits.
- Thomas Murray (1663-1735), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 86 portraits, Sitter associated with 7 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D23999: Robert Eglesfield (from same plate)
- NPG D36091: Robert Eglesfield (from same plate)
Events of 1724back to top
Current affairs
Notorious thief and jailbreaker John 'Jack' Sheppard is hanged at Tyburn.General George Wade is sent to inspect Scotland, initiating an 11-year program of road improvement and bridge building in the Scottish Highlands.
Art and science
First of Jonathan Swift's Drapier's Letters is published; one of seven pamphlets railing against the debasement of Irish coinage.Blenheim Palace is presented as a gift to the Duke of Marlborough for his involvement in the Battle of Blenheim in 1704.
International
Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle becomes Minister of Foreign Affairs.Pope Benedict XIII succeeds Pope Innocent XIII as the 245th pope.
King Philip V of Spain abdicates the throne.
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