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Thomas Haselden

after an engraving by John Faber Jr
ink and wash, feigned oval, 1740, based on a work of 1740
8 1/2 in. x 6 3/4 in. (216 mm x 171 mm)
Given by Vera Schanche, 1959
Primary Collection
NPG 4122

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  • John Faber Jr (circa 1695-1756), Engraver and portrait and miniature painter. Artist or producer associated with 818 portraits.

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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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Stephen Mitchell

10 May 2016, 17:05

It's not of any help, but it transpires Thomas Haselden is my 10th Great Grandfather, I have traced my family back to him through his 2nd wife Mary Novice, through their son also named Thomas. He was born in c. 1698 to William Haselden and Ann Dubble.