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Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke
29 of 207 portraits matching these criteria:
- set matching 'Wheatley's London (vol 2, part 1)'
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Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke
by George White, after Thomas Murray
mezzotint, circa 1714-1715 (1714)
13 7/8 in. x 9 5/8 in. (352 mm x 244 mm) plate size; 14 1/2 in. x 10 1/2 in. (368 mm x 268 mm) paper size
Given by Sir Herbert Henry Raphael, 1st Bt, 1913
Reference Collection
NPG D19374
Sitterback to top
- Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (1678-1751), Politician; MP for Wootton Bassett and Berkshire; government official and political philosopher. Sitter in 11 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Thomas Murray (1663-1735), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 86 portraits, Sitter associated with 7 portraits.
- George White (circa 1684-1732), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 121 portraits.
Events of 1714back to top
Current affairs
Queen Anne dies at Kensington Palace aged 49, on 1st August. The same day, under the Act of Regency, the regency council proclaims James I's great-grandson, George, elector of Hanover, king of Great Britain and Ireland, thus transferring the crown from the house of Stuart to the house of Hanover.Art and science
Writer and politician, Sir Richard Steele, accepts the post of governorship for the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Tenison, founds one of the first co-educational schools in Croydon.
The Longitude Act offers a reward for the invention of a method of precisely determining a ship's longitude.
International
Despite the peace accord at Utrecht in 1713, ratification of the treaties of Rastatt and Baden are required to end the continued hostilities in the War of the Spanish Succession between the French king Louis XIV and Charles VI Archduke of Austria and Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.Comments back to top
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