Thomas Butler, Earl of Ossory
5 of 5 portraits of Thomas Butler, Earl of Ossory
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Thomas Butler, Earl of Ossory
by Simon François Ravenet
line engraving, published 1736
12 7/8 in. x 6 3/4 in. (326 mm x 173 mm) paper size
Given by Sir Herbert Henry Raphael, 1st Bt, 1913
Reference Collection
NPG D19873
Sitterback to top
- Thomas Butler, Earl of Ossory (1634-1680), Courtier and man of action. Sitter in 5 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Simon François Ravenet (1721-1774), Artist. Artist or producer associated with 34 portraits.
Events of 1736back to top
Current affairs
Frederick, Prince of Wales marries Augusta of Saxe-Gotha.Porteous Riots in Edinburgh after the execution of smuggler Andrew Wilson. Captain John Porteous orders his men to fire into the mob, causing six deaths. He is found guilty of murder, dragged from his cell, beaten and hung to death by a mob.
Repeal of laws against witchcraft.
Gin Act attempts to curtail consumption of gin.
Art and science
Posthumous publication of Isaac Newton's Method of Fluxions, describing his method of differential calculus.One of the earliest recorded uses of a Bathing Machine at Scarborough.
International
Methodist preachers John and Charles Wesley arrive in Savannah, Georgia.Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates the throne.
Swiss mathematician and physicist Leonhard Euler produces the first published proof of Fermat's little theorem concerning prime numbers.
Charles Marie de La Condamine and François Fresneau Gataudière make the first scientific observations of rubber in Ecuador.
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