Thomas Otway
1 portrait of Thomas Otway
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Thomas Otway
by Jacobus Houbraken, published by John & Paul Knapton, after Mary Beale
line engraving, published 1742 (1741)
14 3/4 in. x 9 1/4 in. (374 mm x 236 mm) plate size; 21 5/8 in. x 15 1/8 in. (549 mm x 384 mm) paper size
Acquired, before 1960
Reference Collection
NPG D42926
Artistsback to top
- Mary Beale (1633-1699), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 53 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 D39390: Thomas Otway (from same plate)
- NPG D39391: Thomas Otway (from same plate)
- NPG D19328: Thomas Otway (from same plate)
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Events of 1742back to top
Current affairs
Robert Walpole resigns as Prime Minister following the scandal surrounding the alleged rigging of the Chippenham by-election. He is made 1st Earl of Orford. Carteret administration formed with Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington as Prime Minister.Art and science
Composer George Frideric Handel's Messiah is first performed at The Great Music Hall in Dublin.Ranelagh Gardens opens in Chelsea.
Writer Edmond Hoyle publishes the definitive rules of whist.
James Bradley succeeds Edmond Halley as Astronomer Royal.
Painter Charles Jervas' translation of Don Quixote is posthumously published.
International
War of the Austrian Succession: Treaty of Berlin, mediated by Britain, is signed by Maria Theresa of Austria and Frederick II of Prussia, ending the First Silesian War. George II acts as guarantor.Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius proposes 100 degrees between the freezing and boiling points of water.
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