Samuel Smith
1 of 4 portraits by Edward Gouge
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Samuel Smith
by George White, after Edward Gouge
mezzotint, circa 1725
13 1/2 in. x 9 3/4 in. (344 mm x 247 mm) plate size; 14 in. x 10 1/8 in. (355 mm x 258 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D9152
Sitterback to top
- Samuel Smith (died 1732), Son of Erasmus Smith of Weald Hall. Sitter in 2 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Edward Gouge (active 1690-1735). Artist or producer associated with 4 portraits.
- George White (circa 1684-1732), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 121 portraits.
Events of 1725back to top
Current affairs
Notorious 'Thief Taker General' Jonathan Wild is hanged at Tyburn. He ran one of the most successful gangs of thieves of the era, while appearing to be the nation's leading policeman.Pardoned Jacobite leader Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke forms an opposition to the Prime Minister Robert Walpole.
Order of the Bath is founded by King George I.
Art and science
Poet Alexander Pope produces a new edition of Shakespeare, which he rewrites and edits in numerous places.Philosopher Francis Hutcheson publishes his first major work An Inquiry into the Original of our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue, published in two treatises concerning aesthetics and morality.
International
Russian tsar Peter the Great dies.Treaty of Hanover between England, France and Prussia.
Composer Antonio Vivaldi debuts the set of violin concertos known as The Four Seasons.
Composer Johann Sebastian Bach debuts his Easter Oratorio in Leipzig.
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