Thomas Bloodworth; Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales
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Thomas Bloodworth; Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales
by Bartholomew Dandridge
oil on canvas, circa 1732
48 1/2 in. x 39 1/2 in. (1232 mm x 1003 mm)
Purchased, 1898
Primary Collection
NPG 1164
Sittersback to top
- Thomas Bloodworth, Groom of the Bedchamber to Frederick, Prince of Wales. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales (1707-1751), Son of George II; father of George III. Sitter associated with 35 portraits. Identify
Artistback to top
- Bartholomew Dandridge (1691-circa 1754), Artist. Artist or producer associated with 36 portraits.
This portraitback to top
The Prince of Wales is pictured here with an attendant, possibly his groom of the bedchamber, Captain Thomas Bloodworth. More detailed information on this portrait is available in a National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue, John Kerslake's Early Georgian Portraits (1977, out of print).
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- Kerslake, John, Early Georgian Portraits, 1977, p. 79
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 230
Subjects & Themesback to top
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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