Henry Sacheverell
1 portrait by Anthony Russel
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Henry Sacheverell
by John Smith, after Anthony Russel
mezzotint, 1710 (1710)
13 3/4 in. x 10 in. (350 mm x 252 mm) plate size; 14 in. x 10 1/8 in. (357 mm x 258 mm) paper size
Purchased, 1944
Reference Collection
NPG D11587
Sitterback to top
- Henry Sacheverell (baptised 1674-1724), Church of England clergyman and religious controversialist. Sitter in 24 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Anthony Russel (circa 1660-1743), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 18 portraits.
- John Smith (1652-1743), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 1181 portraits, Sitter in 4 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D4127: Henry Sacheverell (from same plate)
- NPG D4128: Henry Sacheverell (from same plate)
- NPG D18746: Henry Sacheverell (from same plate)
- NPG D31485: Henry Sacheverell (from same plate)
- NPG D39981: Henry Sacheverell (from same plate)
Events of 1710back to top
Current affairs
Clergyman Henry Sacheverell is impeached on account of his sermons in which he attacks the Whig government and the revolution settlement of 1688-9. The trial caused rioting, and revived Jacobites sentiments and resentment against the government.Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford, returns to Parliament as Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Art and science
The Examiner, a Tory government propaganda journal devised by Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford and Henry St. John, Viscount Bolingbroke, is published. Under its editor, Jonathan Swift, the weekly sheet defended the policies of the new Tory government. The Whigs responded with The Medley, principally written by Arthur Maynwaring.International
Following the victories at the Battles of Almenara and Saragossa in the War of the Spanish Succession, the allied forces experience a set back at the Battle of Brihuega during which, James Stanhope, Earl of Stanhope, Commander in Chief of the British Forces in Spain, is taken prisoner.Comments back to top
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