William Talbot
8 of 8 portraits by Thomas Taylor
© National Portrait Gallery, London
William Talbot
published by Thomas Taylor, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
mezzotint, 1721 or after
18 7/8 in. x 13 1/2 in. (479 mm x 342 mm) paper size
Given by the daughter of compiler William Fleming MD, Mary Elizabeth Stopford (née Fleming), 1931
Reference Collection
NPG D40804
Artistsback to top
- Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt (1646-1723), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 1689 portraits, Sitter associated with 30 portraits.
- Thomas Taylor (active 1711-1725), Publisher. Artist or producer associated with 8 portraits.
Placesback to top
- Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (Golden Lyon, Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street, London)
Events of 1721back to top
Current affairs
Robert Walpole becomes the first British Prime Minister and holds the post for an unrivalled tenure of twenty-one years.Former Chancellor of the Exchequer John Aislabie is imprisoned in the Tower of London and found guilty of corruption for his part in the collapse of the South Sea Company.
Art and science
Artist William Hogarth produces his first satirical engraving The South Sea Scheme in response to the South Sea Bubble of the previous year.Writer and diplomat's wife, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu introduces the smallpox inoculation to Britain. The Princess of Wales is persuaded to test the treatment and the procedure becomes fashionable.
International
Johann Sebastian Bach writes the six Brandenburg Concertos for his employer at the court of Köthen.Montesquieu completes his best-selling Lettres Persanes (Persian Letters); a critical view of contemporary western politics, religion and society.
Treaty of Nystad in which Sweden cedes Estonia to Russia with most of Latvia. Russia becomes the dominant regional power and Peter the Great has himself proclaimed 'Emperor of all Russia'.
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