John Evelyn

1 portrait by Robert Nanteuil

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John Evelyn

by Thomas Worlidge, after Robert Nanteuil
etching, published 1755
5 5/8 in. x 3 3/4 in. (142 mm x 97 mm) paper size
Given by Sir Herbert Henry Raphael, 1st Bt, 1913
Reference Collection
NPG D18840

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  • John Evelyn (1620-1706), Diarist and virtuoso. Sitter associated with 13 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 2 portraits.

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  • Robert Nanteuil (1623?-1678), Artist. Artist or producer associated with 16 portraits.
  • Thomas Worlidge (1700-1766), Painter and etcher. Artist or producer associated with 51 portraits, Sitter associated with 5 portraits.

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Current affairs

George Grenville resigns as Treasurer of the Navy and Henry Bilson Legge as Chancellor of the Exchequer in protest over payments made to Russia to protect Hanover. William Pitt the Elder is dismissed from the position of Paymaster of the Forces.

Art and science

Samuel Johnson publishes his monumental Dictionary; the first authoritative dictionary of the English language.
Methodist preacher John Wesley publishes Notes on a New Testament.

International

An earthquake nearly completely destroys Lisbon, Portugal. The event is widely discussed by European Enlightenment thinkers, inspiring Voltaire's Candide. Its intensive study leads to the birth of modern seismology and earthquake engineering.
Edward Braddock fights French and Indian troops in the Ohio valley. His army are ambushed at Fort Duquesne and he is killed; one of several encounters prior to the declaration of the Seven Years War.

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