Michael Maittaire
13 of 36 portraits by Bartholomew Dandridge
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Michael Maittaire
by and published by John Faber Jr, after Bartholomew Dandridge
mezzotint, published circa 1731-1734
13 7/8 in. x 9 7/8 in. (351 mm x 252 mm) plate size; 14 1/8 in. x 10 1/4 in. (359 mm x 259 mm) paper size
Given by the daughter of compiler William Fleming MD, Mary Elizabeth Stopford (née Fleming), 1931
Reference Collection
NPG D5664
Sitterback to top
- Michael Maittaire (1668-1747), Schoolmaster and philologist. Sitter in 5 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Bartholomew Dandridge (1691-circa 1754), Artist. Artist or producer associated with 36 portraits.
- John Faber Jr (circa 1695-1756), Engraver and portrait and miniature painter. Artist or producer associated with 818 portraits.
Placesback to top
- Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (Green Door in Craven Buildings, Drury Lane, London)
Events of 1731back to top
Current affairs
Legal proceedings in British courts are conducted in the English language for the first time.Art and science
Sculptor Michael Rysbrack creates a monument to Newton in Westminster Abbey.The influential Gentleman's Magazine is launched on 1 January.
Agriculturalist Jethro Tull publishes his pioneering treatise The New Horse-Houghing Husbandry.
International
Treaty of Vienna with Austria is signed by Philip Dormer Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield on behalf of Britain, marking the collapse of the Anglo-French Alliance (1727-1731) and the beginning of the Anglo-Austrian Alliance.Trader Robert Jenkins has his ear cut off by Spanish coast guards in Cuba leading to the War of Jenkins' Ear in 1739.
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