Joseph van Aken

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Joseph van Aken

by John Faber Jr, published by George Pulley, after Thomas Hudson
mezzotint, 1740s
13 7/8 in. x 9 3/4 in. (352 mm x 249 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1956
Reference Collection
NPG D38815

Sitterback to top

  • Joseph van Aken (circa 1699-1749), Drapery painter and painter of genre and conversation pieces. Sitter in 1 portrait, Artist or producer associated with 3 portraits.

Artistsback to top

  • John Faber Jr (circa 1695-1756), Engraver and portrait and miniature painter. Artist or producer associated with 818 portraits.
  • Thomas Hudson (1701-1779), Portrait painter and art collector. Artist or producer associated with 182 portraits.
  • George Pulley. Artist or producer associated with 1 portrait.

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  • The British Portrait, 1660-1960, 1991, p. 147 number 135

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Events of 1740back to top

Current affairs

The song Rule, Britannia! by Thomas Arne is performed for the first time at Cliveden, the country home of Frederick, Prince of Wales.
A now discredited account by antiquarian William Stukely asserts that Stonehenge was built by druids.

Art and science

Samuel Richardson publishes the first two volumes of Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded, the best-selling novel of the period.
Artists Joshua Reynolds and Thomas Gainsborough both arrive in London. Reynolds is apprenticed to the leading portrait-painter Thomas Hudson, while Gainsborough begins his artistic training with the French engraver and illustrator Hubert-Francois Gravelot.

International

Death of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI and the succession of his eldest daughter Maria Térèsa heralds the start of the War of the Austrian Succession. Britain, already fighting Spain (in the War of Jenkin's Ear), is drawn into the wider conflict as an ally of Austria until 1748.
Frederick II becomes King of Prussia.
Pope Benedict XIV succeeds Pope Clement XII as the 247th pope.


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