Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford
1 portrait of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford
by Jacobus Houbraken, published by John & Paul Knapton, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, published 1740 (1740)
14 3/4 in. x 9 3/8 in. (375 mm x 239 mm) plate size; 21 3/8 in. x 14 7/8 in. (543 mm x 377 mm) paper size
Acquired, before 1960
Reference Collection
NPG D42917
Sitterback to top
- Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (1593-1641), Statesman. Sitter associated with 109 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- 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.
- Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641), Painter. Artist or producer associated with 1023 portraits, Sitter associated with 30 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D16345: Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (from same plate)
- NPG D19691: Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (from same plate)
- NPG D20162: Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (from same plate)
- NPG D42070: Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (from same plate)
- NPG D42071: Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (from same plate)
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Subjects & Themesback to top
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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