Egbert, King of the West Saxons, First Monarch of all England
1 portrait by James Mechell
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Egbert, King of the West Saxons, First Monarch of all England
by Giles King, printed by James Mechell
line engraving, 1732
14 5/8 in. x 9 in. (370 mm x 230 mm) paper size
Given by the daughter of compiler William Fleming MD, Mary Elizabeth Stopford (née Fleming), 1931
Reference Collection
NPG D23570
Sitterback to top
- Egbert, King of Wessex (769 or 771?-839), King of the West Saxons and first Monarch of all England, reigned 802-39. Sitter in 6 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Giles King (active 1732-1740), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 11 portraits.
- James Mechell (active 1732-1754), Printer. Artist or producer associated with 1 portrait.
Events of 1732back to top
Current affairs
Secession Church formed in Scotland.Widespread fraud and abuses in the customs service revealed. Prime Minister Robert Walpole responds with the Excise scheme, under which the tariff on wine and tobacco is to be replaced by an excise tax.
British Hat Act limits manufacturing in the British colonies, forcing colonists to buy imported British-made goods.
Art and science
Frederick, Prince of Wales attends a fancy-dress ball at Vauxhall Gardens, initiating its supremacy as London's most fashionable meeting place.William Hogarth produces the first prints of A Harlot's Progress, having completed the painted series the previous year.
The original Covent Garden Theatre Royal (now the Royal Opera House) opens.
International
Austrian composer Franz Joseph Haydn is born.Georgia in the American colonies is granted to a group of British philanthropists, to give debtors a new start in life.
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