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Monument to Sir Christopher Hatton and Alice Hatton (née Fanshawe) in Westminster Abbey

4 of 21 portraits by James Cole

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Monument to Sir Christopher Hatton and Alice Hatton (née Fanshawe) in Westminster Abbey

by James Cole, after Unknown sculptor
line engraving, mid 18th century
13 1/8 in. x 7 3/4 in. (334 mm x 197 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D35579

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  • Alice Hatton (née Fanshawe) (baptised 1581), Wife of Sir Christopher Hatton (circa 1581-1619). Sitter in 1 portrait.
  • Sir Christopher Hatton (baptised circa 1581-1619), Politician; Member of Parliament, Remembrancer of the Exchequer and joint Steward of the Manor of Barking. Sitter in 1 portrait.

Artistsback to top

  • James Cole (1715-1774), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 21 portraits.
  • Unknown sculptor, Sculptor. Artist or producer associated with 13 portraits.

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Current affairs

Collapse of the South Sea Company's shares causes financial crisis in London and ruins many investors. Their rapid inflation and the speculation mania it had encouraged become known as the South Sea Bubble. Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend returns to the Whig ministry. Robert Walpole 1st Earl of Orford, who had resigned in 1717, also returns and restores public credit in December.

Art and science

Entrepreneur Ralph Allen is appointed to take over the Cross and Bye Posts, which manage mail not going via London, leading to his eventual reform of the entire British postal system.
History painter James Thornhill is appointed Serjeant Painter to the King and becomes the first British artist to receive a knighthood.


International

Treaty of the Hague signed between Britain, France, Austria, the Dutch Republic and Spain ending the War of the Quadruple Alliance.
In Lhasa, the Dalai Lama accepts Chinese imperial protection, which lasts until 1911.
Two political parties emerge in Sweden's parliament and become known as the Hats and the Caps.

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David Pinto

09 August 2019, 11:19

NPG D35579: I find this listed under portraits of Sir Christopher Hatton K.G., Lord Chancellor (d. 1591). It is in fact an image from the tomb of the second successor to his estates, and the first of three namesakes in a line: Sir Christopher Hatton K.B. (c. 1580-1619), married to Alice Fanshawe, who had the monument pictured in the engraving erected. His son, Christopher Hatton III, was created 1st Baron Hatton by an Oxford creation during the civil war; a noted antiquarian and creator of a large music library, now at Christ Church, Oxford.